菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 6.6

6.6

「如人種果樹，子苦果亦苦；
為罪得黑報，經歷劫數苦。
種甘得甘果，還受甘果報；
香潔甚香美，得受清白報。
如人在池水，內外清淨徹；
無風無塵穢，香美得清涼。
其有眾生見，娛樂不能離；
佛道清淨行，與彼無有異。
黑報眾生等，墜墮三塗難；
高下隨駛水，漂流厄難處。
當時煩惱苦，獨受無人代；
破骨入髓腦，燒煮不可量。
已至無救獄，意悟求解脫；
無明所覆蓋，不見慧光明。
如人行路迷，舉南以為北；
終日心不悟，雖聞亦不信。
受罪重苦惱，毒痛加其身；
久後罪雖畢，世人所惡賤。
形體腥臊醜，如猪臥深溷；
宛轉入鑊湯，死而復更生；
愚癡本所造，受報如影響。
善、惡二俱等，等分眾生義，
無道無偏黨，行亦有高下。
持戒生天人，不施福最少，
摶食畏人見，慚愧不露出。
雖有天女眾，音樂不和雅，
時時出遊觀，畏逢神妙天。
若戒布施具，甘露衣食至，
前後伎樂繞，如月星中明，
久久出遊觀，營從自莊嚴，
天樂自然作。斯由此人間，
持戒布施具，福報如影隨。
諸天雖受福，亦有劫數難；
臨欲命終時，乃知衰耗法。
善念轉欲微，當復更受身；
輪轉五道中，經歷無數劫。
善惡受對時，不避豪貴賤；
於中能獨拔，如我釋迦文。」

"Just as when a person plants a fruit tree, / If the seed is bitter, the fruit is also bitter; / Committing misdeeds brings dark retribution, / Enduring suffering for counts of kalpas. / Planting what is sweet yields sweet fruit, / And in return one receives sweet fruit retribution; / Fragrant, pure, extremely sweet and delicious, / One receives pure and white retribution. / Just as when a person is in a pool of water, / It is clear and transparent inside and out; / Free of wind, dust, and defilement, / Fragrant and sweet, one attains refreshing coolness. / Any sentient being who beholds it / Rejoices and cannot bear to leave; / The pure practice of the Buddha path / Is no different from that. / Sentient beings of dark retribution / Fall into the hardships of the three destinies; / Going up and down with the swift current, / Drifting through places of distress and calamity. / The torment and suffering at that time / Is borne alone, with no one to take one's place; / Cracking bones and penetrating marrow and brain, / The boiling and cooking are beyond measure. / Having already reached the Hell of No Rescue, / The mind awakens and seeks liberation; / Yet obscured by ignorance, / One does not see the light of wisdom. / Just as when a traveler loses the way, / Mistaking the south for the north; / All day long his mind is unawakened, / And though he hears, he does not believe. / Bearing severe pain and distress from sins, / Virulent pain afflicts his body; / Long afterward, though the sin has ended, / He is loathed and despised by the people of the world. / His physical body is foul-smelling and ugly, / Like a pig wallowing in a deep cesspool; / Tossing and turning, he enters the boiling caldrons, / Dying and then being reborn again; / Originally created by foolish ignorance, / The retributions received follow like an echo and a shadow. / Good and evil are both equal, / Equally distributed according to the nature of sentient beings; / Impartial and without partisanship, / Yet practices indeed have high and low. / Keeping precepts leads to birth among devas and humans, / But without giving, merit is most meager; / Fearing to be seen when taking food by the handful, / Ashamed, they do not expose themselves. / Though they have a host of heavenly maidens, / Their music is not harmonious or refined; / From time to time they go out to stroll and sightsee, / Fearing to encounter wondrous devas. / If precepts and giving are both complete, / Amṛta, clothing, and food arrive; / Surrounded before and behind by music and performers, / Like the moon shining among the stars, / Only occasionally going out to stroll and sightsee, / Their retinue is naturally majestic, / And heavenly music spontaneously plays. / This arises from the human realm, / Where precepts and giving were both complete; / Retributions of merit follow like shadows. / Though devas enjoy blessings, / They also have the hardships of kalpa numbers; / When their lives are about to end, / Only then do they realize the phenomenon of decline and decay. / Good thoughts gradually grow faint, / And they must take birth once again; / Revolving within the five destinies, / Passing through countless kalpas. / When the retributions of good and evil are faced, / They do not spare the noble, honorable, or lowly; / The one among them who could pull himself out alone / Is like me, Śākyamuni."