[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 21.19 # 法苑珠林 21.19 法苑珠林 21.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.19) 爾時沙彌即作是言。我非夜叉亦非羅剎。先見檀越選擇耆老於僧福田生高下想壞汝善根。故作是化令汝改悔。即說偈言。 > At that time the novices then said: 'We are neither yakṣas nor rākṣasas. Earlier we saw that you, dānapati, chose the aged, and regarding the puṇyakṣetra of the saṃgha conceived notions of high and low, destroying your good roots. Therefore we made this transformation to lead you to repent.' Then they spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.18) - [Next: 21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.20) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.21.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大莊嚴論經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.kalpanamanditika*zh-kumarajiva.1.56) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.19) · Pramāṇa