諸經要集 10.69

10.69

如大莊嚴論云。若能至心持戒。乃至歿命得現果報。我昔聞。難提跋提城有優婆塞。兄弟二人並持五戒。其弟爾時。卒患脇痛氣將欲絕。時醫語之。食新殺狗肉并使服酒。所患必除。病者向言。其狗肉者。為可於市買索食之。飲酒之事願捨身命終。不犯戒而服於酒。其弟極困急。兄齎酒語弟。捨戒服酒以療其疾。弟白兄言。我雖病急。願捨我身命不犯戒而飲此酒。即說偈言。

As the *Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā* states: If one can maintain the precepts with the utmost mind, even unto the end of life one will obtain visible retribution. In the past I heard that in the city of Nandivardhana there were two brothers, both upāsakas, who maintained the five precepts. At that time, the younger brother suddenly suffered from flank pain, and his breath was about to cease. The physician told him, 'Eat freshly slaughtered dog meat and drink wine, and your affliction will certainly be eradicated.' The sick man said to him, 'As for dog meat, it may be bought and sought in the market to eat; as for drinking wine, I would rather abandon body and life to the end than break the precepts to drink wine.' The younger brother was in extreme extremity. The elder brother brought wine and told the younger brother, 'Renounce the precept and drink wine to cure your illness.' The younger brother said to the elder brother, 'Though my illness is critical, I would rather abandon my body and life than break the precepts and drink this wine.' Then he spoke a gāthā: