法苑珠林 42.78

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宋仇那跋摩者。齊言功德種。罽賓王子也。幼而出家號三藏法師。宋初來游中國宣譯至典甚眾。律行精高莫與為比。慧觀沙門欽其風德。要來京師居于祇洹寺。當時來詣者疑非凡人。而神味深密莫能測焉。嘗赴請於鍾山定林寺。時諸道俗多採眾華。布僧席下驗求真人。諸僧所坐華同萎顇。而跋摩席華鮮榮若初。於是京師歙然增加敬異。至元嘉八年九月十八日卒。都無痾患但結跏趺坐斂衽叉手。乃經信宿容色不變。于時或謂深禪。既而得遺書於筵下。云獲沙門二果。乃知其終。弟子侍側並聞香煙。京師赴會二百餘人。其夕轉經。戶外集聽盈階。將曉而西南上有雲氣勃然。俄有一物。長將一匹。繞屍而去。同集咸覩云。跋摩未亡時作三十偈。以付弟子。曰可送示天竺僧也（右五驗出冥祥記）。

Guṇavarman of the Song (rendered in the Qi language as "Seed of Merit") was a prince of Jibin (Kashmir). He left home at an early age and was designated a Tripiṭaka Dharma Master. In the early Song dynasty, he traveled to the central kingdom, preaching and translating a great number of supreme scriptures. His observance of the Vinaya was refined and lofty, without equal. The śramaṇa Huiguan admired his character and virtue, and invited him to come to the capital, where he resided at Jetavana Temple (Zhihuan si). Those who came to visit him at that time suspected he was no ordinary man, yet his spiritual profundity was so deep and arcane that none could fathom it. Once, he accepted an invitation to the Dinglin Temple on Mount Zhong. At that time, many monastics and laity gathered various flowers and spread them under the monks' seats to test and seek out a true person. The flowers beneath the seats of all the other monks withered, whereas the flowers under Guṇavarman's seat were as fresh and blooming as at first. Thereupon, the capital unanimously increased their reverence and awe toward him. On the eighteenth day of the ninth month in the eighth year of the Yuanjia reign, he passed away. He had suffered from no illness whatsoever; he simply sat in the lotus posture, smoothed his robes, and clasped his hands. Over the course of two nights, his facial expression did not change. At the time, some thought he was in deep meditation. Shortly thereafter, a testament left under his mat was found, stating that he had attained the second fruit of a śramaṇa (sakṛdāgāmin); only then did they know he had passed away. When his disciples stood by his side, they all smelled fragrant incense. Over two hundred people from the capital went to attend the assembly. That night, while reciting sūtras, the crowds gathered outside the doorway listening filled the steps. Approaching dawn, in the southwest, clouds surged vigorously. Soon, a creature nearly a bolt of fabric in length circled the corpse and departed. All gathered together witnessed it. Before Guṇavarman died, he composed thirty gāthās and handed them to his disciples, saying that they should be sent and shown to the monks of India. (The above five verifications are taken from the Mingxiang ji.)