經律異相 47.84

47.84

佛詣舍衛城遊行分衛。時到鸚鵡摩牢兜羅子家。遇其不在家。有白狗名具。坐好蓐上以金鉢食粳米肉。白狗遙見世尊從遠而來。見已便吠。世尊言。止白狗。不須作是聲。汝本吟哦（梵志乞食音）於是作白狗。白狗極大瞋恚。下床蓐已至門閾下伏寂然而住。後摩牢兜羅見問邊人曰。誰觸我狗而令憂慼。今日有沙門瞿曇來詣家乞食。狗吠之。瞿曇言。止白狗。汝不應作是聲。汝本吟哦。狗恚不樂。鸚鵡摩牢兜羅子遙罵世尊。誹謗瞋恚詣孤獨園。遙見鸚鵡摩牢兜羅子來。告諸比丘。此人瞋恚身壞生泥犁中。彼時鸚鵡摩牢兜羅子白世尊曰。沙門瞿曇今至我家乞食。白狗於汝有何咎而令不樂。佛言。白狗見我而吠。我言。白狗汝不應作是聲。汝本吟哦。而白狗瞋恚。瞿曇此白狗本是我何等親屬。佛止摩牢不須問。汝或能憂慼不樂。如是再三。世尊曰。此摩牢白狗前所生。是汝父名兜羅。倍增瞋恚。我父兜羅。常行施與常事於火。身壞死已生梵天上。何故當生狗中。此摩牢以汝增上慢。我父兜羅後亦復爾。生弊惡狗中。而說偈曰。

The Buddha went to the city of Śrāvastī, wandering on his alms round. He arrived at the home of Śuka, son of Taudeya. It happened that he was not at home. There was a white dog named Jù, sitting on a fine mattress, eating nonglutinous rice and meat from a golden bowl. Seeing the Bhagavat coming from afar, the white dog barked at him. The Bhagavat said, 'Stop, white dog! You need not make this sound. In your past you chanted and recited (the sound of a brahmacārin chanting while begging for food), and because of this you have become a white dog.' The white dog was exceedingly enraged; stepping down from the couch and mattress, it went beneath the door-threshold, lying down in silence. Later, when Śuka Taudeya returned, he saw it and asked the bystanders, 'Who has provoked my dog and caused it to be sad and despondent?' 'Today, the śramaṇa Gautama came to our home to beg for food. The dog barked at him. Gautama said, "Stop, white dog! You should not make this sound. In your past you chanted and recited." The dog was angered and unhappy.' Śuka, son of Taudeya, cursed the Bhagavat from afar, and, filled with slander and anger, went to Anāthapiṇḍada's Park. Seeing Śuka, son of Taudeya, coming from afar, the Buddha told the monks, 'Because of his anger, this man, upon the destruction of his body, will be born in Niraya.' At that time, Śuka, son of Taudeya, said to the Bhagavat, 'The śramaṇa Gautama came to my home today to beg for food. What fault did the white dog commit against you that you caused it to be unhappy?' The Buddha said, 'The white dog saw me and barked. I said, "White dog, you should not make this sound. In your past you chanted and recited." And the white dog was enraged.' [Śuka asked,] 'Gautama, what sort of relative of mine was this white dog originally?' The Buddha stopped him: 'There is no need to ask, Śuka. You might become sorrowful and unhappy.' Thus it went up to three times. The Bhagavat then said, 'Śuka, this white dog, in its previous birth, was your father, named Taudeya.' [Śuka was] doubly enraged: 'My father, Taudeya, constantly practiced generosity and constantly served the fire; when his body broke up at death, he was born in the Brahma Heaven! Why would he be born among dogs?' [The Buddha said,] 'Śuka, it is because of your excessive pride, and your father Taudeya was also likewise, that he was born among wicked dogs.' And he spoke a verse: