法苑珠林 82.94

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又雜阿含經云。爾時尊者舍利弗。大目揵連。住耆闍崛山中。時尊者舍利弗新𩮜髮。時有伽吒及優波伽吒鬼。優波伽吒鬼見尊者舍利弗新𩮜鬚髮。語伽吒鬼言。我今當往打彼沙門頭。伽吒鬼言。汝莫作是語。此沙門大德大力。汝莫起瞋長夜得大不饒益苦。如是再三說。時優波伽吒鬼再三不用伽吒鬼語。即以手打尊者舍利弗頭。打已尋自言。喚燒我伽吒煮我伽吒。再三喚已陷入地中。墮阿鼻地獄。目連聞舍利弗為鬼所打。即往問言。云何尊者苦痛可忍不。舍利弗答言。尊者目連雖復苦痛意能堪忍。不至大苦。目連語舍利弗言。奇哉尊者舍利弗。真為大德大力。此鬼若以手打耆闍崛山者。能令碎如糠糩。況復打人而不苦痛。爾時舍利弗語目連。我實不大苦痛。時舍利弗大目揵連。共相慰勞。時世尊以天耳聞其語聲已。即說偈言。

Furthermore, the Saṃyuktāgama says: At that time, the Venerable Śāriputra and Mahāmaudgalyāyana were staying on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa. At that time, the Venerable Śāriputra had newly shaved his hair. Then there were two yakṣas, Ghaṭa and Upaghaṭa. The yakṣa Upaghaṭa, seeing that the Venerable Śāriputra had newly shaved his beard and hair, said to the yakṣa Ghaṭa: "I will now go and strike that śramaṇa's head." The yakṣa Ghaṭa said: "Do not say such words! This śramaṇa has great virtue and great power. Do not give rise to anger, lest through the long night you incur the suffering of great misfortune." He spoke thus two and three times. Then the yakṣa Upaghaṭa twice and thrice refused to heed Ghaṭa's words. He immediately struck the Venerable Śāriputra's head with his hand. After striking him, he at once cried out of himself, shouting: "It burns me, Ghaṭa! It boils me, Ghaṭa!" Having cried out two and three times, he sank into the earth and fell into the Avīci Hell. Maudgalyāyana heard that Śāriputra had been struck by a yakṣa and immediately went to ask him: "How is it, Venerable? Can you endure the pain or not?" Śāriputra answered: "Venerable Maudgalyāyana, although there is pain, my mind is able to endure it; it does not amount to great suffering." Maudgalyāyana said to Śāriputra: "How marvelous, Venerable Śāriputra! You truly possess great virtue and great power. If this yakṣa had struck Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa with his hand, he could have smashed it to bits like chaff and bran, how much more so when striking a man without causing him severe pain!" At that time, Śāriputra said to Maudgalyāyana: "Truly, I do not suffer great pain." Then Śāriputra and Mahāmaudgalyāyana comforted each other. At that time, the World-Honoured One, having heard their voices with the divine ear, immediately spoke a verse: