諸經要集 17.73

17.73

次說畜生　受形殊異　專心思察
無造彼緣　語言舒遲　不起瞋恚
謙効尊長　從象中來　身大臭穢
堪忍寒熱　健瞋難解　從駱駝來
遠行健食　不避險難　憶事識真
從馬中來　恩和寬仁　堪履寒熱
所行無記　從牛中來　高聲無愧
多所愛念　不別是非　從驢中來
長幼無畏　恒貪肉食　眾事不難
從師子來　身長眼圓　遊於曠野
憎嫉妻子　從虎中來　毛長眼小
少於瞋恚　不樂一處　從禽中來
性無反覆　喜殺害蠱　獨樂丘塚
從狐中來　少聲無健　無有婬欲
不愛妻子　從狼中來　不好妙服
伺捕姦非　少眠多怒　從狗中來
身短毛長　饒食睡眠　不喜淨處
從猪中來　毛黃卒暴　獨樂山陵
貪食花果　從獼猴來　多妄強顏
無所畏難　行知反復　從烏中來
情多色欲　少於分義　心無有記
從鴿中來　所行返戾　強辯耐辱
不孝父母　鸕鳩中來　亦不知法
復不知非　晝夜愚惑　從羊中來
好妄喜談　數親豪族　眾人所愛
鸚鵡中來　所行卒暴　樂人眾中
言語多煩　鸜鵒中來　行步舒緩
意有所規　多害生類　從鶴中來
體小好婬　意不專定　見色心惑
從雀中來　眼赤齒短　語便吐沫
臥則纏身　從蚖中來　語則瞋恚
不察來義　口出火毒　從鴆中來
獨處貪食　聲響喑呃　夜則少睡
從猫中來　穿牆竊盜　貪財健恐
亦無親疎　從鼠中來　深觀相貌
從畜生來

"Next I preach the animals, / Who receive diverse forms; / Focus the mind to ponder and examine them, / And do not create conditions for them: / Speech slow and measured, / Not giving rise to anger, / Humble and emulating superiors— / [Such a one] has come from elephants. / Body large, foul and filthy, / Capable of enduring cold and heat, / Prone to stubborn anger hard to resolve— / [Such a one] has come from camels. / Traveling far and eating vigorously, / Not shunning perils and hardships, / Recalling affairs and discerning truth— / [Such a one] has come from horses. / Gracious, gentle, broad-minded and benevolent, / Capable of treading through cold and heat, / Actions lacking fixity— / [Such a one] has come from oxen. / Loud-voiced and without shame, / Having many attachments, / Not distinguishing right from wrong— / [Such a one] has come from donkeys. / Fearless toward elder and young, / Constantly greedy for meat, / Unflinching before all tasks— / [Such a one] has come from lions. / Body long and eyes round, / Roaming in open wastes, / Hating and envying wife and children— / [Such a one] has come from tigers. / Hair long and eyes small, / Having little anger, / Taking no delight in a single place— / [Such a one] has come from birds. / Nature fickle and inconstant, / Fond of killing and poisonous sorcery, / Finding solitary delight in burial mounds— / [Such a one] has come from foxes. / Faint voice and lacking vigor, / Free of lustful desires, / Loving neither wife nor children— / [Such a one] has come from wolves. / Disliking fine garments, / Spying on and catching illicit misdeeds, / Sleeping little and having much anger— / [Such a one] has come from dogs. / Body short and hair long, / Abundantly eating and sleeping, / Disliking clean places— / [Such a one] has come from pigs. / Fur yellow and impetuous, / Solitarily delighting in mountains and hills, / Greedy to eat flowers and fruits— / [Such a one] has come from monkeys. / Full of deceit and brazen-faced, / Fearing no hardship, / Knowing return and reciprocity in action— / [Such a one] has come from crows. / Feelings full of sensual lust, / Lacking in propriety and righteousness, / Mind lacking retention— / [Such a one] has come from doves. / Actions perverse and recalcitrant, / Contentious and enduring humiliation, / Unfilial to father and mother— / [Such a one] has come from cuckoos. / Knowing neither the Dharma / Nor what is wrong, / Day and night foolish and deluded— / [Such a one] has come from sheep. / Fond of deceit and eager to chat, / Frequently associating with noble clans, / Beloved by the multitudes— / [Such a one] has come from parrots. / Actions rash and hasty, / Delighting to be among crowds, / Speech excessively cumbersome— / [Such a one] has come from mynas. / Gait slow and unhurried, / Mind harbouring schemes, / Harming many living creatures— / [Such a one] has come from cranes. / Body small and fond of lust, / Mind not focused or stable, / Heart deluded upon seeing beauty— / [Such a one] has come from sparrows. / Eyes red and teeth short, / Spitting saliva whenever speaking, / Curling up the body when lying down— / [Such a one] has come from vipers. / Angered whenever speaking, / Not examining the meaning presented, / Mouth emitting fiery poison— / [Such a one] has come from the zhen bird. / Eating greedily in solitude, / Voice hoarse and choked, / Sleeping little at night— / [Such a one] has come from cats. / Burrowing through walls to steal, / Greedy for wealth and easily frightened, / Having neither close nor distant kin— / [Such a one] has come from rats. / Observe deeply these appearances: / They have come from animals."