諸經要集 10.100

10.100

守諸禁戒故　不敢挽頓絕
佛說諸草木　悉是鬼神村
我等不敢違　是以不能絕
如似呪場中　為蛇畫境界
以神呪力故　毒蛇不敢度
牟尼尊畫界　我等不敢越
得聖之橋津　諸利之首目
誰有智慧者　欲壞戒德瓶

"Because we guard the prohibitive precepts, / We dare not pull and snap [the grass]. / The Buddha taught that all grasses and trees / Are the villages of ghosts and spirits; / We dare not disobey, / And therefore cannot snap them. / Just as in an arena of incantations, / A boundary is drawn for a snake, / And through the power of the divine mantra / The venomous snake dare not cross; / So the boundaries drawn by the Munīndra / We dare not transgress. / This is the bridge and ford to attaining sagehood, / The foremost chief of all benefits; / Who that possesses wisdom / Would wish to break the vase of preceptive virtue?"