翻譯名義集 2.232

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【臂卑履也】此云蟻子。《晉書》殷仲堪父患耳聰，聞床下蟻動，謂之牛鬪。《賢愚經》云：「長者須達共舍利弗往圖精舍。須達自手捉繩一頭，舍利弗自捉一頭，共經精舍。時舍利弗欣然含笑，須達問言：『尊者何笑？』答言：『汝始於此經地，六欲天中宮殿已成。』即借道眼，悉見六天嚴淨宮殿（云云）。復更徙繩。時，舍利弗慘然憂色。即問尊者：『何故憂色？』答言：『汝今見此地中蟻子耶？』對曰已見。舍利弗言：『汝於過去毘婆尸佛，亦於此地起立精舍，而此蟻子在此中生。乃至七佛已來，汝皆為佛起立精舍，而此蟻子亦在中生，至今九十一劫，受一種身，不得解脫。生死長遠，唯福為要，不可不種。』」《爾雅》云：「有足謂之蟲，無足謂之豸，二足而羽謂之禽，四足而毛謂之獸。」蟲魚鳥獸，種類何窮？山水空陸，境界無際。循環荏（如枕）苒（音染，轉也），逐物狂愚。一念如明，萬類俱息，宜照本性，勿起異意也。

【Pipīlikā】 This translates as ant. The Book of Jin says that Yin Zhongkan's father suffered from sharp hearing; hearing ants moving beneath his bed, he took it to be oxen fighting. The Damamūkanidāna Sūtra says: "The elder Sudatta, together with Śāriputra, went to measure out a monastery. Sudatta held one end of the measuring cord in his own hand, while Śāriputra held the other end, together measuring out the monastery. At that time, Śāriputra smiled joyfully. Sudatta asked: 'Why does the Venerable One smile?' He answered: 'As soon as you began measuring the ground here, your palaces in the six desire heavens were already accomplished.' Thereupon he lent him the divine eye, and Sudatta saw all the adorned, pure palaces of the six heavens (and so on). They then moved the cord again. At that time, Śāriputra took on a sorrowful and worried look. Sudatta then asked the Venerable One: 'Why do you look worried?' He answered: 'Do you now see the ants in this ground?' He replied that he saw them. Śāriputra said: 'In the past, under Vipaśyin Buddha, you also built a monastery on this very ground, and these ants were born in it. Down through the seven Buddhas, you have built monasteries for each Buddha, and these ants were likewise born in it; down to the present ninety-one kalpas, they have received this same body without attaining liberation. Saṃsāra is long and vast; only merit is essential—one must not fail to plant it.'" The Erya says: "Those with feet are called insects; those without feet are called reptiles; those with two feet and feathers are called birds; those with four feet and fur are called beasts." How could the kinds of insects, fish, birds, and beasts ever be exhausted? The realms of mountains, waters, sky, and land are boundless. Cycles pass imperceptibly; chasing after things is mad and foolish. If a single thought becomes clear, the ten thousand kinds all cease; one ought to illuminate one's original nature and not give rise to deviant notions.