法苑珠林 59.20

59.20

是故大王。當捨惡從善。愚騃不學問。未識真道者。戲笑輕罪復當號泣。不可以戲作罪後受大殃。王語耆婆。汝合好藥洗瘡呪治。必令時差。耆婆曰諾。耆婆即便禮佛洗足安藥。後續止痛。耆婆出百千價㲲。用裹佛足。以手摩足。以口嗚之。曰願佛老壽此患早除。一切眾生長夜之苦。亦得解脫。即起禮佛於一面住。佛於是為王及一切眾會說四諦法。六十比丘得漏盡意解。萬一千人得法眼淨。復有百千諸天展轉相告。皆來慰佛。說偈讚已。禮佛而去。佛語舍利弗。往昔無數阿僧祇劫前有兩部賈客。各有五百人在波羅柰國。各合資財嚴船度海。乘風徑往。即至寶渚。渚上豐饒。衣被飲食及妙婇女。種種龍寶無物不有。一部賈客語眾人曰。我等所求已獲今當住此以五欲自娛。第二薩薄告其部眾。不應於此久住。是時空中有天女。慈愍此輩。便於空中語眾賈曰。此間雖有財寶婇女衣食不足久住。却後七日此地皆當沒水。語訖化去。復有魔女欲使沒盡。諫之不去。前天所說水當沒此。皆是虛妄。不足可信。說已化去。第一薩薄不信天告。樂住不去。第二薩薄懼水不住。却後七日如前天言水滿其地。先嚴辦船未至之日。所將部眾即得上船。第一薩薄先不嚴船。水至之日與嚴治者。著矛持杖共相格戰。第二薩薄以鑹矛刺第一薩薄脚徹過。即便命終。佛語舍利弗。汝知第一薩薄者今提婆達是。第二薩薄者則我身是。爾時第一賈客眾五百人者。則今提婆達五百弟子是。爾時第二賈客五百眾者。則今五百羅漢是。爾時第一天女者。則今舍利弗是。爾時第二天女者。則今名滿月比丘婆羅門弟子。是佛語舍利弗。我往昔作薩薄。貪財分死。度海與彼爭船。以鑹矛刺薩薄脚。以是因緣。無數千歲經地獄苦。墮畜生中。為人所射。無數千歲在餓鬼中蹈鐵錐上。今雖得金剛之身。以是餘殃故。今為木槍所刺。

"Therefore, Great King, you should abandon evil and follow good. Those who are foolish, do not study or inquire, and have not yet recognized the true Path, laugh in jest over minor transgressions, yet later they must wail and weep. One must not commit offenses in jest and afterward suffer great calamity." The king said to Jīvaka: 'Compound good medicine, wash the wound, and treat it with mantras; you must cause it to be healed promptly.' Jīvaka replied: 'Yes.' Jīvaka then paid homage to the Buddha, washed the foot, applied the medicine, and after that the pain ceased. Jīvaka brought out fine cotton cloth worth hundreds of thousands [of coins] to wrap the Buddha's foot, rubbed the foot with his hands, and kissed it with his mouth, saying: 'May the Buddha live to an old age, may this affliction be quickly removed, and may all sentient beings also attain liberation from the suffering of the long night [of saṃsāra].' He then arose, paid homage to the Buddha, and stood to one side. The Buddha thereupon preached the Dharma of the Four Noble Truths for the king and the entire assembly. Sixty bhikṣus attained the extinction of defilements and mental liberation; eleven thousand people attained the purity of the Dharma eye. Furthermore, hundreds of thousands of devas told one another and all came to comfort the Buddha; after speaking verses of praise, they paid homage to the Buddha and departed. The Buddha said to Śāriputra: 'Long ago, countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas in the past, there were two groups of merchants, five hundred men in each, in the kingdom of Vārāṇasī. Each group pooled their capital, prepared ships, and crossed the ocean. Sailing directly with the wind, they arrived at a treasure island. On the island there was great abundance: clothing, bedding, food and drink, exquisite maidens, and various naga-treasures—there was nothing lacking. One group of merchants said to their members: "What we sought has already been obtained; we should now stay here and amuse ourselves with the five desires." The second sārthavāha told his group: "We should not stay here long." At that time, a devī in the sky, taking pity on these people, spoke from the sky to the merchants: "Although there are treasures, maidens, clothing, and food here, it is not suitable to stay long. After seven days, this land will completely sink into the water." Having finished speaking, she transformed and vanished. There was also a Māra-woman who wished to make them drown entirely; she admonished them not to leave: "What the previous goddess said about water submerging this place is entirely false and untrustworthy." Having spoken, she transformed and vanished. The first sārthavāha did not believe the goddess's announcement, and delighting to stay, did not leave. The second sārthavāha, fearing the water, would not stay. After seven days, as the previous goddess had said, the water covered the land. Having prepared their ship beforehand, before the day arrived, the group led by him was able to board the ship. The first sārthavāha had not prepared a ship beforehand; on the day the water arrived, with those who were prepared, they donned lances and took up staves to fight one another. The second sārthavāha pierced through the first sārthavāha's foot with a lance, and he immediately died. The Buddha told Śāriputra: 'Do you know that the first sārthavāha was what is now Devadatta? The second sārthavāha was myself. At that time, the first group of five hundred merchants were the five hundred disciples of Devadatta today. At that time, the second group of five hundred merchants were the five hundred arhats today. At that time, the first devī was Śāriputra today. At that time, the second devī was the bhikṣu named Pūrṇamāsa, a disciple of the brāhmaṇa. The Buddha told Śāriputra: 'When I was a sārthavāha in the past, coveting the division of wealth in the face of death, crossing the ocean and contending with him for the ship, I pierced the sārthavāha's foot with a lance. Because of this condition, I underwent the suffering of hell for countless thousands of years; I fell into the animal realm and was shot by men; for countless thousands of years among the hungry ghosts, I trod upon iron awls. Although I have now attained a vajra body, because of the remnant of that calamity, I have now been pierced by a wooden stake.'