法苑珠林 57.74

57.74

又雜寶藏經云。昔有一婢。稟性廉謹。常為主人典𪍑麥豆。時家有一羝羯伺空遂便噉食麥豆。斗量折損為主所瞋。信己不取皆由羊噉。緣是之故婢常固嫌。每自杖捶用打羝羯。羯亦含怨來觝觸婢。如此相犯前後非一。婢因一日空手取火。羊見無杖直來觝婢。婢緣急故。用所取火著羊脊上。羊得火熱所在觸處。突燒村人。延及山澤。于時山中五百獼猴。火來熾盛不及避走。即皆一時被火燒死。諸天見已而說偈言。

Furthermore, the Zābǎozàng jīng states: In the past there was a maidservant who was by nature upright and prudent. She often managed the crushed wheat and beans for her master. At that time, a he-goat in the household watched for an opportunity and then ate the wheat and beans. The measure of pecks was depleted, and she was scolded by her master. Convinced that she had not taken them and that it was entirely due to the goat eating them, for this reason the maidservant harbored a persistent grudge, and constantly took a stick to strike the he-goat. The goat also harbored resentment and came to butt the maidservant. Such mutual offenses occurred on more than one occasion. One day, the maidservant went empty-handed to fetch fire. Seeing that she had no stick, the goat came straight to butt her. Because of the emergency, the maidservant placed the fire she had taken onto the goat's back. Feeling the heat of the fire, the goat ran headlong wherever it went, dashing into and burning villagers, which spread to the mountains and marshes. At that time, five hundred monkeys in the mountain were engulfed by the raging fire and could not escape in time; they were all burned to death at once. Having seen this, the devas spoke a verse, saying: