法苑珠林 29.9

29.9

西域傳云。奘師發迹長安。既漸至高昌得蒙厚禮。從高昌給乘。傳送至瞿薩旦那國東境。即漢史所謂于闐國也。彼土自謂于遁國也。東二百餘里。有媲摩城。中有栴檀立像。高二丈餘。極多靈異光明。疾者隨痛以金薄帖像上。痛便即愈。其像本在憍賞彌國。是鄔陀衍那王所造。陵空至此國北曷勞落迦城。有異羅漢每往禮之。王初不信。以沙土坌羅漢乃告敬信者曰。却後七日沙土滿城。後二日乃雨寶滿街。至七日夜果雨土填。略無遺人。其先告者。預作地穴從孔而出。時王都城西百六十里。路中大磧唯有鼠壤。形大如蝟。毛金銀色。昔匃奴來寇。王祈鼠靈乃夜齧人馬兵箭斷壞。自然走退。都城西五里許寺有浮圖。高百餘尺。多現光相。王感舍利數百粒。羅漢以右手舉浮圖安之函內。乃下之無傾動也。都城西南十餘里有瞿室綾伽山。此云牛角山。有寺像現光明。佛曾游此為天人說法。山巖石室有一羅漢。入滅心定待彌勒佛。其國南界接東女國。

The Record of the Western Regions says: Master Xuanzang set out from Chang'an, and upon gradually arriving in Gaochang, he received generous hospitality. Provided with mounts from Gaochang, he was relayed all the way to the eastern border of the kingdom of Kustana, which is what the Han histories call the kingdom of Yutian (Khotan); the people of that land call it the kingdom of Yudun. Over two hundred li to the east lies the city of Pīmā, in which stands an upright sandalwood image over twenty feet tall. It displays exceedingly many divine wonders and brilliant lights. When the sick apply gold leaf onto the image at the place corresponding to their ailment, the pain is immediately healed. This image was originally in the kingdom of Kauśāmbī, commissioned by King Udayana. Soaring through the air, it came to the city of Rāvaka north of this kingdom. There was an extraordinary arhat who would frequently go to pay homage to it. The king initially did not believe, and threw sand and dirt over the arhat. The arhat then told those who had respectful faith: 'Seven days from now, sand and dirt will fill the city.' Two days later, jewels rained down to fill the streets. When it came to the seventh night, dirt truly rained down and buried it, leaving almost no one alive. Those who had been forewarned had dug holes in the ground beforehand and escaped through the apertures. Now, one hundred and sixty li west of the king's capital city, amidst the great desert along the road, there are only rat mounds. The rats are as large as hedgehogs, with fur of gold and silver hues. In the past, when the Xiongnu came to invade, the king prayed to the spirit rats; during the night, they gnawed and ruined the men's and horses' harnesses and bowstrings, and the invaders naturally fled in retreat. About five li west of the capital city, a temple has a stupa over a hundred feet tall that frequently displays luminous signs. The king was moved to obtain several hundred grains of relics. An arhat lifted the stupa with his right hand and placed them inside a reliquary, then lowered the stupa back without any tilting or swaying. Over ten li southwest of the capital city lies Mount Gośṛṅga, which translates as 'Ox-Horn Mountain'. There is a temple whose image displays bright light; the Buddha once traveled here to preach the Dharma to gods and humans. In a stone chamber on the mountain cliff, an arhat has entered the absorption of cessation, awaiting Maitreya Buddha. The southern border of this kingdom adjoins the Eastern Women's Kingdom.