法苑珠林 31.45

31.45

非天夜叉鬼　須倫迦樓羅
為母除愚闇　權生父母家
先無手足子　亦復是我身
朝生若暮死　八住無上尊
我今受形分　三頭八手脚
何為捨我去　徑向地獄門
焚燒善根本　求滅亦欲難
今我還復體　現本端正形
守戒不失願　託生父母家
前後捨身命　其數如微塵
眾生病非一　投於甘露藥
趣使入道除　不令入邪徑
諸天受福樂　甘露除病藥
不違聖教藥　解脫涅槃樂

‘I am neither god, yakṣa, nor demon,
nor an asura or garuḍa.
To dispel delusion and darkness for my mother,
I skillfully took birth in my parents’ house.
The son born before without hands or feet
was also this body of mine.
The one born at dawn and dead by dusk
was the Supreme Honoured One of the eighth stage.
Now I have assumed this bodily form
with three heads, eight hands, and legs.
Why do you abandon me and leave,
heading straight toward the gates of hell?
Burning away the roots of goodness,
your quest for cessation will also become difficult.
Now I will return to my true body,
manifesting my original, handsome form.
Guarding the precepts without failing my vows,
I entrusted my birth to my parents’ home.
Surrendering body and life throughout past and future,
the times I have done so are like specks of dust.
The diseases of sentient beings are manifold;
I bestow the medicine of nectar
to lead them onto the path and remove their ills,
preventing them from straying into crooked paths.
The heavenly beings enjoy the bliss of merit;
the medicine of nectar dispels disease;
the medicine that conforms to the holy teachings
brings the bliss of liberation and nirvāṇa.’