諸經要集 7.51

7.51

第一汝不見。世人始為嬰兒。強臥屎尿不能自護。口不知言不知好惡。汝見以不。人答已見。王言。汝自謂不如是。然人神從彼。終即有生。雖尚未見。常當為善自端三業。奈何放心快志造過。罪人答言。愚暗不知。王言。汝自愚癡。縱逸作惡。非是父母師長君天沙門道人等過也。罪自由汝。豈得不樂今當受之。是為閻王現第一天使也。

'"First, did you not see that when people in the world are newly born as infants, lying helplessly in feces and urine, unable to protect themselves, their mouths unable to speak, knowing neither good nor bad? Did you see this or not?" The person replies, "I have seen it." The king says: "You thought yourself unlike this. Yet when the spirit of man departs from there, immediately upon dying there is rebirth. Although you had not yet seen [your own future], you should always have done good and uprighted your three karmic doors. How could you give rein to your mind and indulge your desires to commit faults?" The guilty person replies, "In foolishness and darkness, I did not know." The king says: "You were foolish yourself, indulging in laxity to commit evil; it is not the fault of parents, teachers, elders, rulers, gods, śramaṇas, or men of the Way. The guilt originates entirely from you; how could you not gladly receive it now?" This is King Yama revealing the first divine messenger.'