法苑珠林 70.37

70.37

七謂病瘦。肉盡骨立。百節皆痛。猶被杖楚。四大進退手足不任。氣力虛竭坐起須人。口燥脣焦筋斷鼻坼。目不見色。耳不聞音。不淨流出。身臥其上。心懷苦惱。言輒悲哀。今覩世人。年盛力壯華色煒曄。福盡罪至無常百變。吾覩此患故行求道。不欲更之。是吾七師。佛於是說偈言。

Seventh is sickness and emaciation. Flesh is exhausted and bones protrude; the hundred joints all ache as if beaten with rods. The four great elements fluctuate, hands and feet become unusable; breath and strength are depleted, requiring assistance to sit or rise. The mouth dries, lips scorch, sinews snap, and the nose cracks; eyes cannot see forms, ears cannot hear sounds; impurities discharge, and the body lies upon them; the mind harbors anguish, and whatever one says is mournful. Now, looking upon worldly people, full of youth and strength, radiant and bright: when blessings are exhausted, offenses arrive, and impermanence undergoes a hundred transformations. Seeing this distress, I practiced to seek the path, not wishing to undergo it again; this was my seventh teacher. The Buddha then spoke a gāthā, saying: