坐禪三昧經 2.69

2.69

「若人持惡向，還自受其殃。五種惡語：非時語、非實語、非利語、非慈語、非軟語。是五惡語不能傾動，一切毒害亦不能傷，譬如小火不能熱大海（此下應出優填王持五百發箭）。如《毘羅經》中優填王阿婆陀那說，有二夫人：一名無比，二名舍迷婆帝。無比誹謗舍迷婆帝。舍迷婆帝有五百直人，王以五百箭欲一一射殺之。舍迷婆帝語諸直人，在我後立。是時舍迷婆帝入慈三昧，王挽弓射之，箭墮足下。第二箭還向王脚下。王大驚怖，復欲放箭。舍迷婆帝語王言：『止止。夫婦之義是故相語，若放此箭當直破汝心。』王時恐畏，投弓捨射，問言：『汝有何術？』答言：『我無異術。我是佛弟子，入慈三昧故也！』

"If a person directs evil [toward one], they will turn back and receive their own calamity. There are five kinds of evil speech: untruthful speech, non-factual speech, unprofitable speech, unloving speech, and non-gentle speech. These five kinds of evil speech cannot shake [one who abides in loving-kindness], and no poison or harm can injure them, just as a small fire cannot heat the great ocean. (Below this should appear King Udayana holding five hundred released arrows.) As told in the avadāna of King Udayana in the *Vīra-sūtra*, he had two consorts: one was named Anupamā, and the second was named Śyāmāvatī. Anupamā slandered Śyāmāvatī. Śyāmāvatī had five hundred upright persons; the king, taking five hundred arrows, wished to shoot and kill them one by one. Śyāmāvatī told all the upright persons: 'Stand behind me.' At that time Śyāmāvatī entered maitrī samādhi. The king drew his bow and shot at her, but the arrow fell at her feet. The second arrow turned back to the king's feet. The king was greatly terrified and wished to release another arrow. Śyāmāvatī spoke to the king, saying: 'Stop, stop! It is out of the propriety between husband and wife that I speak to you: if you release this arrow, it will pierce straight through your heart.' The king was then filled with fear; he cast down the bow, gave up shooting, and asked: 'What magical art do you possess?' She answered: 'I have no other art. It is because I am a disciple of the Buddha and have entered maitrī samādhi!'"