法苑珠林 10.112

10.112

佛本行經云。爾時太子從車匿邊。索取摩尼雜飾莊嚴七寶靶刀。自以右手執刀從鞘拔出。即以左手攬捉紺青優鉢羅色螺髻之髮。右手自持利刀割取。以右手擎擲置空中。時天帝釋以希有心生大歡喜。捧太子髻不令墮。以天妙衣受接取。爾時諸天以彼勝上天諸供具而供養之。爾時淨居諸天大眾。去於太子。不近不遠。有一華鬘名須曼那。其須曼那華下化作一淨髮人。執利剃刀而立。太子語淨髮師。汝能為我淨髮以不。其淨髮師報太子言。甚能。即以利刀剃頭。時天帝釋生希有心。所落之髮。不令一毛墜墮於地。一一悉以天衣承之。將向三十三天而供養。菩薩髮髻冠節至今不斷。

The Abhiniṣkramaṇa-sūtra says: At that time, from Channa's side, the prince sought and took a knife adorned with various mani jewels and the seven treasures. Taking the knife with his own right hand, he drew it from the sheath, and immediately with his left hand grasped his hair, which was twisted in curls of the dark-blue colour of utpala lotuses. With his right hand, holding the sharp knife himself, he cut it off. Raising it with his right hand, he tossed it into the air. At that time, with a mind struck by rarity, Śakra Devendra gave rise to great joy. He caught the prince's topknot so that it would not fall, receiving it in wondrous heavenly garments. At that time, all the devas made offerings to it with their supreme heavenly offerings. At that time, the assembly of devas from the Śuddhāvāsa heaven was neither near nor far from the prince. There was a garland called sumana. Beneath that sumana garland, [a deva] transformed himself into a tonsurer, who stood holding a sharp razor. The prince said to the tonsurer, 'Can you shave my hair or not?' The tonsurer answered the prince, saying, 'Indeed I can.' He then shaved his head with the sharp knife. At that time, Śakra Devendra gave rise to a mind struck by rarity; of the falling hair, he did not let a single strand tumble to the ground. Every single one he caught with heavenly garments, and brought them toward the Heaven of the Thirty-Three to make offerings to them. The crest-knot relic of the Bodhisattva's hair topknot has continued without interruption to this day.