法苑珠林 9.5

9.5

敬思定光授記逆號能仁。玄符合契。故託化釋種。萠兆於未形之前。跡孚於已生之後。照炳人天聯綿曠劫。其為源也。邃乎勝矣。所以坤形六動方行七步。五淨雨華九龍灑水。神瑞畢臻吉徵總萃。觀諸百代曾未之有。然後孕異堯軒產殊禹偰。至如黑帝入夢之兆。白光滿室之徵。徒曰嘉祥。詎可擬議。身邊則光色一丈。眉間則白毫五尺。開萬字於胸前。躡千輪於足下。大略以言三十有二。非可以龍顏虎鼻八彩雙瞳方我妙色較其升降者也。

Reverently reflecting on Dīpaṃkara's bestowal of the prophecy, he was prospectively called 'Capable of Benevolence' (Śākyamuni). Mystically agreeing and tallying with the pact, he therefore entrusted his transformation to the Śākya clan. The signs sprouted before form took shape; the traces matched after he was already born. Illuminating devas and humans, continuous through vast kalpas, its source is deep and sublime! Therefore, the Earth trembled in six ways, and he paced out seven steps; the Five Pure Abodes rained flowers, and the nine dragons sprinkled water. Divine omens arrived completely, and auspicious tokens gathered together; looking back over a hundred generations, such a thing had never occurred. Then, his gestation was different from Yao and Xuan[yuan], and his birth surpassed Yu and Xie. As for the omen of the Black Emperor entering a dream or the token of white light filling the room, to merely call them good omens—how could they compare? Round his body was a zhang of radiant colour; between his brows was a five-chi white urna curl. A svastika unfolded on his chest, and he stepped upon thousand-spoked wheels under his feet. Generally speaking, there were thirty-two [marks]; one cannot compare the dragon countenance, tiger nose, eight-coloured eyes, or double pupils to our wondrous form, nor evaluate their relative merits.