[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 82.38 # 法苑珠林 82.38 法苑珠林 82.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [82.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.38) 若有智慧者　能堅持禁戒 求人天涅槃　稱意而獲得 名稱普聞知　一切咸供養 必得人天樂　亦獲解脫果 伊羅鉢龍王　以其毀禁戒 損傷樹葉故　命終墮龍中 諸佛悉不記　彼得出龍時 能堅持禁戒　斯事為其難 戒相極眾多　分別曉了難 如劍林棘叢　處中多傷毀 愚劣不堪任　護持如此戒 > "If there are those with wisdom, / who can firmly maintain the prohibitive precepts, / in seeking the nirvāṇa of humans and devas, / they will attain it just as they wish. / Their fame will be heard everywhere, / and all will make offerings to them. / They will surely attain the bliss of humans and devas, / and also obtain the fruit of liberation. / The nāga king Elāpatra, / because he violated the prohibitive precepts / and damaged the leaves of a tree, / fell among the nāgas upon the end of his life. / None of the buddhas gave him a prediction / of when he would emerge from among the nāgas. / To be able to firmly maintain the prohibitive precepts— / this matter is exceedingly difficult! / The marks of the precepts are extremely numerous, / difficult to distinguish and understand; / like a forest of swords or a thicket of thorns, / one who abides within is mostly wounded and broken. / The foolish and inferior are incapable / of guarding and upholding such precepts." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 82.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.37) - [Next: 82.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.39) - [Up: 82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.82.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大莊嚴論經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.kalpanamanditika*zh-kumarajiva.3.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.38) · Pramāṇa