一切經音義 23.430

23.430

斷貪鞅（鞅於仰反鞅謂扐牛頭木繩牛以此繩不能脫於重載凡夫由其貪惑不能斷生死之鞅繩也）。

斷貪鞅 [Severing the harness of craving] (鞅 is pronounced 於 [yū] + 仰 [yǎng] fanqie [yǎng]. 鞅 refers to the wooden yolk and harness strapped to an ox's head; bound by this harness, an ox cannot free itself from its heavy load. Ordinary beings, through their craving and delusion, cannot sever the harness of birth and death).