經律異相 47.99

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鹿母說已便捨而去。二子鳴呼悲淚戀慕。從後追尋頓仆復起。母顧命曰。爾還勿來。無得母子併命俱死。吾沒心甘傷。汝未識世間無常皆有離別。我自薄命爾生無祐。何為悲懷徒益憂患。但當建志畢命。於是母復為子說此偈言。

When the mother deer had finished speaking, she abandoned them and departed. The two fawns cried out, weeping bitter tears of yearning, and pursued her from behind, tumbling down and rising up again. The mother looked back and commanded, "Turn back, do not follow! We must not let mother and offspring lose our lives together. My heart accepts death with willingness; I only grieve that you do not yet know that all worldly things are impermanent and must part. I am of meager fortune, and you were born without blessings. Why harbor sorrow, vainly increasing worry and distress? You must only resolve your wills to fulfill your lives." Thereupon the mother again spoke this verse for the fawns: