諸經要集 16.63

16.63

如雜譬喻經云。昔有人名薩薄。聞於外國更有異寶。欲往治生。而二國中間有羅剎難。不可得過。薩薄遊行。見市西門。有一道人空床上坐。云賣五戒。薩薄問言。五戒云何。答曰無形。直口授心持後得生天。現世能却羅剎鬼難。薩薄欲買。問索幾錢。答金錢一千。即就受竟。語言。卿向外國到界畔上。羅剎若來。卿但語言。我是釋迦五戒弟子。薩薄少時到二國中間。見有羅剎。身長一丈三尺。頭似黃蓑。眼如赤丁。舉體鱗甲。更互開口如魚鼓鰓。仰接飛燕。蹈地沒膝。口熱血流。群眾數千。直捉薩薄。語言。我是釋迦五戒弟子。羅剎聞此永不肯放。薩薄聊以兩捲扠之。拳入鱗甲。拔不得出。又以脚蹋頭衝拔復不出。五體沒鱗甲中。唯背得動。羅剎以偈。語言。

As the Za piyu jing says: In the past, there was a man named Sābó (Sārthavāha) who heard that in a foreign land there were rare jewels, and he wished to go there to trade. However, between the two countries there was the danger of rākṣasas, so that one could not pass through. As Sābó was traveling, he saw at the western gate of the market a man of the Way sitting on an empty couch, saying that he was selling the five precepts. Sābó asked: 'What are the five precepts like?' He answered: 'They are formless. Simply receive them orally and uphold them in mind, and you will later be born in heaven; in the present life, they can avert the peril of rākṣasa demons.' Sābó wished to buy them and asked how much money he demanded. He answered: 'A thousand gold coins.' He thereupon received them completely. [The man of the Way] spoke to him, saying: 'When you head to the foreign land and reach the border, if a rākṣasa comes, you need only say: "I am a disciple of Śākyamuni who observes the five precepts."' Shortly after, Sābó reached the border between the two countries and saw a rākṣasa thirteen feet tall, with a head like yellow thatch, eyes like red nails, his entire body covered in scales and armor, opening his mouth in turns like a fish fanning its gills, craning upward to catch flying swallows, sinking to his knees into the earth when he trod, his mouth steaming hot with blood flowing, leading a horde of several thousands. He seized Sābó directly. [Sābó] said: 'I am a disciple of Śākyamuni who observes the five precepts.' When the rākṣasa heard this, he refused ever to let him go. Sābó tried striking him with both fists; his fists entered the scales and armor, and he could not pull them out. He then kicked with his feet and rammed with his head, but again could not pull them out. His five limbs were sunken into the scales and armor; only his back could move. The rākṣasa spoke to him in verse: