法苑珠林 82.27

82.27

爾時珠師雖聞斯偈。語比丘言。若不見還汝徒受苦。終不相置。比丘即四向望無可恃怙。如鹿入圍莫知所趣。比丘無救亦復如是。爾時比丘即自歛身端正衣服。彼人語比丘言。汝今與我鬪耶。比丘答言。不共汝鬪。我自共結使鬪。又說偈言。

At that time, although the gem-piercer heard this verse, he said to the bhikṣu, "If you do not return it, you will suffer in vain; I will never let you off." The bhikṣu then looked in all four directions, finding nothing to rely on, just as a deer that has entered an enclosure does not know where to go; the bhikṣu was likewise without rescue. At that time, the bhikṣu straightaway gathered himself and straightened his robes. The man said to the bhikṣu, "Are you going to fight with me now?" The bhikṣu replied, "I am not fighting with you; I am fighting with my own defilements." And he spoke a verse, saying: