法苑珠林 76.9

76.9

又護口經云。過去迦葉如來。出現於世敷說法教。教化已周。於無餘泥洹界而般涅槃。後時有三藏比丘。名曰黃頭。眾僧告勅。一切雜使不令卿涉。但與諸後學者說諸妙法。時三藏比丘內心輕蔑不免僧命。便與後學敷顯經義。喚受義曰。速前象頭。次喚第二者曰馬頭。復喚𩥟駝頭驢頭猪頭羊頭師子頭虎頭。如是喚眾獸之類不可稱數。雖授經義不免其罪。身壞命終入地獄中。經歷數千萬劫受苦無量。餘罪未畢。從地獄出。生大海中。受水性形。一身百頭。形體極大。異類見之皆悉馳走。

Furthermore, the Scripture on Guarding Speech says: In the past, the Tathāgata Kāśyapa appeared in the world and expounded the Dharma teachings. When his transforming guidance was complete, he entered parinirvāṇa in the realm of nirvāṇa without remainder. At a later time, there was a Tripiṭaka bhikṣu named Yellow Head. The monastic saṃgha commanded him: 'We will not have you engage in any miscellaneous menial duties; only expound the wondrous Dharmas to the junior students.' At that time, the Tripiṭaka bhikṣu harboured contempt within his heart, yet could not evade the saṃgha's order, and so expounded and revealed the scriptural meanings to the junior students. Calling one to receive the teachings, he said: 'Come forward quickly, Elephant Head!' Calling the second one, he said: 'Horse Head!' He further called out: 'Camel Head, Donkey Head, Pig Head, Sheep Head, Lion Head, Tiger Head!' In this manner, he called them by names of various beasts beyond reckoning. Although he imparted the scriptural meanings, he could not escape his sin. When his body broke up and his life ended, he entered the hells, passing through tens of millions of kalpas undergoing immeasurable suffering. When his residual sin was not yet exhausted, emerging from hell he was born in the great ocean, taking an aquatic form with one body and a hundred heads, his bodily form being extremely immense, so that creatures of other kinds all fled upon seeing him.