法苑珠林 82.36

82.36

汝藏功德事　如似灰覆火
我以愚癡故　燒然數百身
汝於佛標相　極為甚相稱
我以愚癡故　不能善觀察
為癡火所燒　願當暫留住
少聽我懺悔　猶如脚跌者
按地還得起　南無清淨行
南無堅持戒　遭是極苦難
不作毀缺行　不遇如是惡
持戒非希有　要當值此苦
能持禁戒者　是則名為難
為鵝身受苦　不犯於禁戒
此事實難有　懺悔既訖已
即放比丘還

"You concealed your meritorious deeds / just like ashes covering a fire. / Because of my foolishness, / I burned hundreds of bodies. / You correspond exceptionally well / with the marks and signs of the Buddha. / Because of my foolishness, / I was unable to observe well, / and was burned by the fire of ignorance. / I pray you will briefly stay / and listen a little to my repentance. / Just as one who stumbles / presses against the earth and rises again: / Homage to pure practice! / Homage to the firm maintenance of precepts! / Meeting with such extreme bitter hardship, / you did not commit flawed conduct. / If one does not encounter such evil, / maintaining precepts is not rare; / it is only when one must face such suffering / that being able to maintain the prohibitive precepts / is truly called difficult! / For a goose's sake, you endured suffering on your body / without violating the prohibitive precepts; / such a matter is truly rare!" / When his repentance was finished, / he immediately released the bhikṣu to return.