摩登伽經卷上
吳天竺三藏竺律炎共支謙譯
Translator: Zhuluyan and Zhi Qian, Three Treasures of Wu
度性女品第一
Chapter 1: The Woman Who Transcends
如是我聞：
Thus I have heard:
一時佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園，與諸比丘圍遶說法。於晨朝時，尊者阿難著衣持鉢入城乞食，分衛已訖，還祇洹林。於其路次，有一大池，聚落人眾遊集其上。池側有女栴陀羅種，執持瓶器，始來取水。長老阿難往到其所語言：「姊妹！今我渴乏，甚欲須飲。見惠少水真。」是時施女言：「大德！我無所悋。但吾身是栴陀羅女，若相施者恐非所宜。」阿難言：「姊！我名沙門，其心平等，豪貴下劣觀無異相。但時見施，不宜久留。」時彼女人即以淨水授與阿難。阿難飲訖，還其所止。其去已後，此女便取阿難容貌音聲語言威儀等相，深生染著，欲心猛盛，作是念言：「若使我得向去比丘以為夫者，不亦善乎。」復作是念：「我母善呪，或能令彼來為吾夫。我當向母具宣斯事。」時此女人持水還家，詣其母所而作是言：「阿難比丘是佛弟子，我甚愛樂，欲得為夫。如母力者，能辦斯事。唯願哀愍，必滿我願。」母語女言：「有二種人，雖加呪術無如之何。何者為二？一者斷欲、二是死人。自餘之者，吾能調伏。沙門瞿曇威德高遠，波斯匿王極生信敬。若脫知我將阿難來，栴陀羅輩皆被殘滅。且復瞿曇煩惱已盡，及其眷屬咸離欲穢。我昔曾聞，斷生死者宜加恭敬。如何於彼反起惡業？」女聞是已，悲泣而言：「若母不得阿難來者，我必定當棄捨身命。假令瞿曇而違我願，亦復不能久留於世。設得之者，眾願滿足。」母聞斯言慘然不悅，而告之曰：「莫便捨命。我必能令阿難至此。」爾時女母於自舍內牛糞塗地，布以白茅。於此場中燃大猛火，百有八枚妙遏迦花，誦呪一周輒以一莖投之火中。其呪言曰：
Once, the Buddha was residing in the Jeta Grove, in Anathapindika's Park in Shravasti, surrounded by bhikkhus to whom he taught the Dharma. One morning, the Venerable Ananda put on his robe, took his bowl, and entered the city to beg for alms. After finishing the alms round, he returned to the Jeta Grove. On his way, there was a large pond where people from nearby villages gathered. Beside the pond, a young woman of the Chandala caste was fetching water. The elder Ananda approached her and said, "Sister, I am thirsty and wish to drink some water. Could you give me a little?" The young woman replied, "Venerable One, I have nothing to spare. But I am a Chandala woman. Giving you water might not be proper." Ananda said, "Sister, I am a monk, and my mind is impartial. I see no difference between the noble and the lowly. Please give me the water now; there is no need to delay." Then the woman offered Ananda pure water. After drinking, Ananda continued on his way.
After he left, the woman became deeply attached to Ananda’s appearance, voice, manner, and demeanor. Her desires grew strong, and she thought, "If only I could have that monk as my husband, how wonderful that would be!" She then thought, "My mother knows powerful spells. Perhaps she can make him come to me as my husband. I will tell her all about this." So the woman returned home with the water and said to her mother, "Ananda, the monk, is a disciple of the Buddha. I love him deeply and want him as my husband. If you have the power, please make this happen. I beg you, in your compassion, fulfill my wish." Her mother replied, "There are two kinds of people whom spells cannot affect. One is those who have ended desire, and the other is the dead. Everyone else, I can control. But Shakyamuni's virtue and power are vast, and King Prasenajit has great faith and respect for him. If he were to find out that I brought Ananda here, our Chandala people would be destroyed. Moreover, Shakyamuni has already ended all afflictions, and his followers are pure. I have heard that those who have escaped birth and death deserve respect. How could we create evil karma against them?" Upon hearing this, the woman wept bitterly, "If I cannot have Ananda, I will surely throw away my life. Even if the Buddha opposes my wish, I will not last long in this world. If I can have him, my desires will be fulfilled." Hearing this, her mother was filled with sorrow and said, "Do not throw away your life. I can definitely make Ananda come here." Then the woman’s mother prepared her home: she spread cow dung on the ground and laid white grass over it. In the middle of this space, she lit a great fire. Placing one hundred and eight beautiful "Ameka" flowers into the fire, she chanted a spell once for each flower she threw in. The spell went:
「阿磨利 毘磨利 鳩鳩彌 三磨禰 移那婆頭賜 頻頭彌車養」
「提菩跋利沙提 毘地踰多提揭闍提 毘三磨耶 磨羅闍 三磨提 跋陀夷闍」
「若天、若魔、若乾闥婆、火神、地神聞我是呪及吾祠祀，宜應急令阿難至此。」作是語已，尊者阿難心即迷亂，不自覺知，便行往詣栴陀羅舍。爾時女母遙見阿難安詳而來，告其女曰：「阿難比丘已來近此。汝今應當敷置茵褥、燒香散花，極令嚴淨。」女聞母言，歡喜踊悅，莊飾堂閣、安置寶座、淨治灑掃、散眾名花。爾時阿難既到其舍，悲咽哽塞泣淚而言：「我何薄祐，遇斯苦難。大悲世尊寧不垂愍加威護念，令無嬈害？」爾時如來以淨天眼觀見阿難為彼女人之所惑亂，為擁護故，即說呪曰：
「悉挮帝 阿朱帝 阿尼帝」
於是世尊說此呪已，而作是言：「吾以斯呪安隱一切怖畏眾生，亦欲利安諸苦惱者。若有眾生無歸依處，我當為作真實歸依。」爾時世尊復說偈曰：
「戒池清涼淨無垢， 能浴眾生煩惱熱，
若有智者入此池， 無明闇障永滅盡，
是故三世諸賢聖， 咸皆頂戴共稱歎。
若我真實浴此流， 當令侍者速還返。」
爾時阿難以佛神力及善根力，栴陀羅呪無所能為，即出其舍，還祇洹林。時彼女人見阿難歸，白其母言：「比丘去矣。」母告之曰：「沙門瞿曇必以威力而護念之。是故能令吾呪斷壞。」女白母言：「沙門瞿曇其神德力能勝母耶？」母語女言：「沙門瞿曇其德淵廣，非是吾力所可為比。假令一切世間眾生所有呪術，彼若發念，皆悉斷滅永無遺餘。其有所作，無能障礙。以是因緣，當知彼力為無有上。」爾時阿難往詣佛所，頭面禮足，在一面立。
佛告阿難：「有六句呪，其力殊勝，悉能擁護一切眾生，能滅邪道、斷諸災患。汝今宜可受持讀誦，用自利益亦安樂人。若比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷、欲利安己、饒益眾生，皆當受持六句神呪。阿難！此呪皆為過去六佛所共宣說，今我釋迦牟尼三藐三佛陀亦說是呪，大梵天王、釋提桓因、四天王等皆悉恭敬受持讀誦。是故汝今宜加修習讚歎供養，無令忘失。」即說呪曰：
「耶頭多 安茶利槃茶利抧由利他彌曷賜帝 薩羅結利毘槃頭摩帝大羅毘沙 脂利 彌利 婆膩隣陀 耶陀三跋兜羅布羅波底 迦談必羅耶」
佛告阿難：「若有眾生受持如是六句神呪，臨應刑戮，以呪力故，輕被鞭撻而得免脫。若當鞭撻，此呪因緣，呵責得免。若應呵責，由此神呪威德力故，永無呵毀，坦然安樂。阿難！我不見沙門婆羅門、若天魔梵、人及非人受持此呪而被嬈害，唯除定業，無如之何。」時栴陀羅女於夜過已，沐浴其身，著新淨衣首戴花鬘，塗香嚴飾，金銀環珮瓔珞其體，徐步安詳向舍衛國。到城門已，住待阿難。阿難晨朝入城乞食，女見其來，深生歡喜，隨之而行，終不捨離，進止出入恒隨逐之。尊者阿難見如是事，極懷慚愧，憂慘不悅，還出城外至祇洹林，頂禮佛足，却坐一面，白佛言：「世尊！栴陀羅女極嬈逼我，行住進止而不捨離。唯願世尊慈加擁護。」
佛告阿難：「汝莫愁惱。吾當令爾得免斯難。」爾時世尊告女人曰：「汝用阿難以為夫耶？」女言：「瞿曇！實如聖教。」佛言：「善女！婚姻之法，須白父母。汝今為問所尊未耶？」答曰：「瞿曇！父母聽我，故來至此。」佛言：「若汝父母已相聽許，可使自來躬見付授。」女聞斯言，禮佛而退。向父母所，修敬已畢，却住一面白父母言：「我欲阿難以用為夫。唯願垂愍，與我俱往親自付之。」於是父母往詣佛所，頂禮佛足，在一面坐。女言：「瞿曇！吾親已至。」爾時世尊即問之曰：「汝實以女與阿難耶？」答言：「世尊！誠如聖教。」佛言：「汝今便可還歸所止。」時女父母禮佛而退。於是如來告女人曰：「若汝欲得阿難比丘以為夫者，宜應出家，學其容飾。」答曰：「唯然！敬承尊教。」佛言：「善來。」便成沙門，鬢髮自落，法衣在身。即為說法，示教利喜，所謂施論、戒論、生天之論，欲為不淨，出要最善。又此欲者，眾苦積聚，其味至少、過患甚多。譬如飛蛾，為愚癡故，投身猛焰而自燒害。凡夫顛倒，妄生染著，為渴愛所逼，如逐焰之蛾。是故智者捨而遠之，未曾暫起愛樂之想。時比丘尼聞說是已，心憙悅豫，意轉調伏。爾時世尊知比丘尼心意柔軟、離諸惱障，即為廣說四真諦法，所謂是苦、是苦習、是苦滅、是苦滅道。時比丘尼豁然意解悟四聖諦，譬如新淨白㲲易受染色，即於座上得羅漢道，更不退轉、不隨他教。頂禮佛足，白佛言：「世尊！我先愚癡，欲酒所醉，擾亂賢聖，造不善業。唯願世尊聽我懺悔。」佛言：「我已受汝懺悔。汝今當知，佛世難遇，人身難得，解脫生死得阿羅漢亦為甚難。如斯難事，汝已得之，於佛法中獲真實果，所謂生死已盡、梵行已立、所作已辦、不受後有。是故汝今宜應精進，慎莫放逸。」