法苑珠林 3.24

3.24

如智度論云。須彌山高三百三十六萬里。四寶所成。東面黃金。西面白銀。南面琉璃。北面玻瓈。四邊遶山半有游乾陀山。各高四萬二千由旬。四天王各居一山。長阿含經云。北面天金所成。光照北方。西面水精所成。光照西方。東面天銀所成。光照東方。南面天琉璃所成。光照南方。智度論云。四天王各居其城東方城名上賢。南方城名善見。西方城名周羅。北方城有三。一名可畏。二名天敬。三名眾歸。又長阿含經云。般遮翼白世尊言。一時忉利諸天集善法堂有所講論。時四天王隨其方面各當位坐。提頭賴吒天王在東方坐。其面西向。帝釋在前。毘樓勒叉天王在南方坐。其面北向。帝釋在前。毘樓波叉天王在西方坐。其面東向。帝釋在前。毘沙門天王在北方坐。其面南向。帝釋在前。時四天王皆先坐已然後我坐。又立世阿毘曇論云。如忉利天善見大城。周圍四萬十千由旬。純金為城之所圍遶。高十由旬。城上埤堄高半由旬。門高二由旬。其外重門高一由旬半。十十由旬有一一門。城之四面為千門樓。是諸城門眾寶所成。種種摩尼之所嚴飾。於大城四分之一。中央金城帝釋住處。十二由旬有二門。四面四百九十九門。復有一小門凡五百門。是城形相翼衛四兵。柵塹樹池雜林宮殿。作倡伎樂及諸外戲。種種寶莊不可具說。是城中央寶樓重閣。名皮禪延多樓。長五百由旬。廣二百五十由旬。周迴一千五百由旬。其閣四邊却敵寶樓。東邊二十六所。三面各二十五所。凡一百一所。一一却敵方二由旬。周迴八由旬。其却敵上復有寶樓。高半由旬以為觀望。一一却敵有七女天。一一女天有七婇女。樓閣之內有萬七百房室。一一房內有七天女。一一天女婇女亦七。其天女者。並是帝釋正妃。其外却敵及內諸房凡四億九萬四千九百正妃。三十四億六萬四千三百婇女。妃及婇女合有三十九億五萬九千二百。皮禪延多重閣最上當中央圓室。廣三十由旬。周迴九十由旬。高四十五由旬。是帝釋所住之處。並是琉璃所成眾寶廁填。又雜阿含經云。帝釋宮中。有毘闍延堂。有百樓觀。有七重重。有七房房。有七天后。后各七侍女。尊者大目揵連游歷小千界。無有如是堂觀端嚴。如毘闍延堂者。依起世經云。其天宮城內雕飾受欲歡樂不可具說如是說如是處者。釋提桓因與阿脩羅女舍脂共住。帝釋化身與諸妃共住。一切諸妃作是思惟。帝釋與我共住。真身與舍脂共住。是其城內四邊住處。衢巷市[門@(厂@(田/坴))]並皆調直。是諸天城隨其福德。屋舍多少眾寶所成平正端直。是天城路數有五百。四陌相通行列分明。皆如棊道四門通達東西相見。巷巷市[門@(厂@(田/坴))]寶貨盈滿。其中天上有其七市。第一穀米市第二衣服市。第三眾香市。第四飲食市。第五華鬘市。第六工巧市。第七婬女市。處處並有市官。是諸市中天子天女往來貿易。商量貴賤。求索增減。稱量斷數。具市𮠔法。雖作是事以為戲樂。無取無與無我所心。脫欲所須便可提去。若樂相應隨意而取。若不相應便作是言。此物奇貴非我所須。市中間路軟滑可愛。眾寶莊嚴。懸諸天衣。竪立幢幡。音樂等聲恒無斷絕。又有聲言。善來善來。願食欲飲我今供養。是善見大城帝釋住處。復有天州天郡天縣天村周匝遍布（自外諸天處寶莊飾香樂隨處盈滿受報快樂不可錄盡矣）善見大城北門之外。經二十由旬有大園林。名曰歡喜。周迴一千由旬。此中有池亦名歡喜。方百由旬。深亦如是。天水盈滿四。寶為塼壘其底岸。城東門外有園。名曰眾車。有池名質多羅。城南門外有園。名之惡口。池亦同名。城西門外有園名雜園。池亦同名。園池大小並同前說。華菓鳥林種種翔鳴。綺飾莊嚴不可述盡。

As the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra states: Mount Sumeru is 3,360,000 li high and made of four jewels: the eastern face is gold, the western face silver, the southern face vaiḍūrya, and the northern face crystal (sphaṭika). Encircling halfway around the mountain on four sides are the Yugaṃdhara mountains, each forty-two thousand yojanas high, where the Four Heavenly Kings each dwell on one mountain. The Dīrgha Āgama says: The northern face is made of celestial gold, shining its light over the northern direction; the western face is made of crystal, shining its light over the western direction; the eastern face is made of celestial silver, shining its light over the eastern direction; the southern face is made of celestial vaiḍūrya, shining its light over the southern direction. The Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra states: The Four Heavenly Kings each dwell in their own city: the eastern city is named Superior Worthy, the southern city Good View (Sudarśana), the western city Cūḍā, and the northern city has three names: first, Terrible; second, Heavenly Reverence; and third, Assembly Refuge. Furthermore, the Dīrgha Āgama says: Pañcaśikha addressed the World-Honoured One, saying: “Once, when the devas of Trāyastriṃśa assembled in the Hall of Good Dharma for a discussion, the Four Heavenly Kings each took their proper seats according to their directions. The heavenly king Dhṛtarāṣṭra sat in the east facing west, with Śakra, Lord of the Gods, before him; the heavenly king Virūḍhaka sat in the south facing north, with Śakra before him; the heavenly king Virūpākṣa sat in the west facing east, with Śakra before him; and the heavenly king Vaiśravaṇa sat in the north facing south, with Śakra before him. When the Four Heavenly Kings had all taken their seats, only then did I sit.” Furthermore, the Lokasthitābhidharma-śāstra states: In the heaven of Trāyastriṃśa, the great city of Sudarśana is forty myriad [and] ten thousand yojanas in circumference, encircled by a wall of pure gold ten yojanas high. The battlements atop the wall are half a yojana high. The gates are two yojanas high, and their outer gates are one and a half yojanas high. Every ten yojanas there is a gate; on the four sides of the city there are a thousand gate towers. These city gates are made of various jewels and adorned with various mani gems. In one-fourth of the great city, at the center, is the golden city where Śakra dwells; it has two gates every twelve yojanas, with 499 gates on the four sides, plus one small gate, making five hundred gates in total. The features of this city include four divisions of flanking troops, palisades, moats, tree pools, diverse groves and palaces, musical performances, and various outdoor amusements; its various jewel adornments cannot be fully described. In the center of this city is a multi-storied jewel pavilion named the Vaijayanta Pavilion. It is five hundred yojanas long, two hundred and fifty yojanas wide, and one thousand five hundred yojanas in circumference. Around the four sides of the pavilion are jewel battlements: twenty-six on the east, and twenty-five on each of the other three sides, making one hundred and one in all. Each battlement is two yojanas square and eight yojanas in perimeter. Atop these battlements are further jewel towers, half a yojana high, used for looking out. On each battlement there are seven celestial women, and each celestial woman has seven maidens. Within the pavilion are ten thousand seven hundred rooms; in each room there are seven celestial women, and each celestial woman also has seven maidens. These celestial women are all Śakra's primary consorts. Between the outer battlements and the inner chambers, there are in total 494,900 primary consorts and 3,464,300 maidens; together, consorts and maidens number 3,959,200. The topmost central circular chamber of the Vaijayanta multi-storied pavilion is thirty yojanas wide, ninety yojanas in circumference, and forty-five yojanas high; this is the dwelling place of Śakra, wholly made of vaiḍūrya and inlaid with various jewels. Furthermore, the Saṃyukta Āgama says: In Śakra's palace there is the Vaijayanta Hall, with a hundred towers, seven tiers, seven rooms, and seven celestial queens, each queen having seven maidservants. The venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana wandered through the minor chiliocosm, and there was no hall or tower as stately and adornment-filled as the Vaijayanta Hall. According to the Qishi jing: The carvings, adornments, sensual enjoyment, and happiness within that celestial palace city cannot be fully described. In such places described as these, Śakra devānām Indra dwells together with the asura maiden Śacī. Śakra's manifestation bodies dwell together with all his consorts; each consort thinks, ‘Śakra is dwelling with me,’ while his true body dwells together with Śacī. The dwellings on the four sides inside this city, its avenues, lanes, and market squares, are all straight and orderly. These celestial cities, according to their merits, have houses few or many, made of various jewels, level, upright, and straight. The roads of this celestial city number five hundred; crossroads intercommunicate, clearly laid out like a chessboard, the four gates leading through so that east and west look upon one another. The lanes and market squares are brimming with precious goods. Among them, the heaven has seven markets: first, the grain market; second, the clothing market; third, the incense market; fourth, the food and drink market; fifth, the garland market; sixth, the artisan craft market; and seventh, the courtesan market. Everywhere there are market overseers. In these markets, devaputras and celestial maidens come and go to trade, discussing high and low prices, seeking increases or reductions, weighing and tallying numbers, fully practicing the conventions of the marketplace. Although they engage in these activities as play and amusement, they are devoid of grasping, giving, and the sense of 'mine'. If they happen to need something, they simply pick it up and leave; if it suits their pleasure, they take it at will, and if it does not suit them, they say, ‘This item is extraordinarily expensive and is not what I need.’ The pathways between the markets are soft, slippery, and lovely, adorned with various jewels, hung with celestial garments, and set with banners and flags, while the sounds of music and the like continue incessantly. There are also voices saying, ‘Welcome, welcome! Please eat, drink; I now make offering to you.’ This is the great city of Sudarśana, the dwelling place of Śakra. There are also celestial prefectures, commanderies, counties, and villages distributed all around. (Apart from this, the jewel adornments, fragrances, and music of the other celestial abodes are brimming everywhere, and the joy of their retribution cannot be fully recorded.) Outside the north gate of the great city of Sudarśana, at a distance of twenty yojanas, there is a great park and grove named Joy (Nandana), one thousand yojanas in circumference. Within it is a pool also named Joy, a hundred yojanas square and of equal depth, brimming with celestial water, with the four jewels serving as bricks lining its bottom and banks. Outside the eastern gate of the city is a park named Many Chariots (Citrāratha), with a pool named Citrā. Outside the southern gate of the city is a park named Harsh Speech (Pāruṣyaka), its pool of the same name. Outside the western gate of the city is a park named Mixed Garden (Miśrakā), its pool also of the same name. The size of the parks and pools is identical to the preceding description. Flowers, fruits, birds, and woods flutter and sing in various ways, their ornate decorations beyond description.