法苑珠林 57.51

57.51

爾時世尊告諸比丘。過去世時有天帝釋。共天阿修羅對陣欲戰。釋提桓因語三十三天眾言。今日諸天與阿修羅軍戰。諸天得勝阿修羅不如者。當生擒毘摩質多羅阿修羅王以五繫縛將還天宮。修羅復作是語。當其戰時諸天不如修羅得勝者。當生擒帝釋以五繫縛將還自宮。當其戰時諸天得勝修羅不如。諸天以五繫縛阿修羅將還天宮。縛在天帝釋斷法殿前門下。帝釋從此門入出之時。阿修羅縛在門側。瞋恚罵詈。時帝釋御者。見阿修羅王身被五縛在於門側。帝釋出入之時輒瞋恚罵詈。見已即便說偈白帝釋言。

At that time, the World-Honoured One addressed the monks: "In a past life, Śakra, Lord of the Devas, drew up battle lines against the asuras, intending to fight. Śakra Devānām Indra addressed the host of the Thirty-three Gods, saying: 'Today, when the gods fight the army of the asuras, if the gods win and the asuras are defeated, you should capture Vemacitrin, King of the Asuras, alive, bind him with the fivefold bonds, and bring him back to the heavenly palace.' The asuras also made this statement: 'When we fight, if the gods are defeated and the asuras win, we should capture Śakra alive, bind him with the fivefold bonds, and bring him back to our own palace.' When the battle took place, the gods won and the asuras were defeated. The gods bound the asura with the fivefold bonds and brought him back to the heavenly palace, binding him below the front gate of the Hall of Judging the Dharma of Śakra, Lord of the Devas. Whenever Śakra entered or exited through this gate, the asura bound by the side of the gate would curse and revile him in anger. At that time, Śakra's charioteer saw that the Asura King, his body bound by the fivefold bonds, was at the side of the gate, and whenever Śakra entered or exited, he would always curse and revile him in anger. Having seen this, he immediately spoke a verse addressing Śakra, saying: