藥師經疏 1.90

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經。若災難起時至不雨難　二七難侵民。問。何故七難俱時出現。答。金光明經第六卷說。由王暴虐不修善事。諸天即便捨離。是王令其國敗生大愁惱。兄弟姊妹眷屬妻子孤迸流離身亦亡滅。流星數墮二日並現。他方惡賊侵掠其土人民飢餓多諸疾疫。所重大臣捨離薨亡。象馬車乘一念喪滅。諸家財產國土所有互相劫奪刀兵而死。五星諸宿違失常度諸惡疾。疫流遍其國。諸受竉錄所任大臣及諸群僚專行非法。如是行惡偏受恩遇修善法者。日日衰滅。於行惡者而生恭敬。見修善者。心不顧錄惡星變動羅剎亂行三災並現。七難便起。今此七難配為三災。初一難是疾疫。次四難是刀兵。後二難是飢饉。

Sūtra: “If when calamities and troubles arise […] the calamity of no rain.” / Second, the seven calamities assailing the people. Question: Why do the seven calamities appear simultaneously? Answer: The sixth fascicle of the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra says: Because a king is tyrannical and does not cultivate wholesome deeds, the devas forthwith abandon him, and this king brings his country to ruin, giving rise to great grief and anguish. Brothers, sisters, retinues, wives, and children become solitary, scattered, and destitute, and their lives are also extinguished. Meteors frequently fall, two suns appear side by side, evil bandits from other regions invade and pillage their land, the people starve, and there are many epidemics. The ministers whom he respected abandon him and pass away, and elephants, horses, and carriages are lost and destroyed in a single moment. The wealth and property of households throughout the realm are plundered from one another, and they die by weapons of war. The five planets and the lunar mansions violate and lose their normal courses, and various evil epidemics spread throughout his country. The favored ministers in charge of records and all the officials exclusively practice unrighteousness. When those who perform evil are thus treated with special favor, those who cultivate wholesome dharmas decline and perish day by day. Toward those who commit evil, respect is engendered; seeing those who cultivate the wholesome, their minds pay no heed. Evil stars change and shift, rākṣasas run amok, and the three disasters appear simultaneously. The seven calamities then arise. Now, these seven calamities correspond to the three disasters: the first one calamity is pestilence; the next four calamities are warfare; the last two calamities are famine.