南剡浮提品第二
Chapter 2: Southern Jambudvīpa
佛說：「比丘！有樹名曰剡浮，因樹立名，名是洲地曰剡浮提。此樹生剡浮提地北邊，在泥民陀羅河南岸。是樹株本正洲中央，從樹株中央取東西角並一千由旬。是樹生長，具足形容可愛，枝葉相覆，密厚多葉，久住不凋，一切風雨不能侵入。比丘！譬如裝花鬘師裝飾花鬘及耳上莊嚴，其樹形相可愛如是。上如華蓋，次第相覆，高百由旬；下本洪直，都無瘤節，五十由旬方有枝條。樹身徑刺廣五由旬、圍十五由旬。其一一枝橫出五十由旬，間中亘度一百由旬，周迴三百由旬。其菓熟時，甘美無比，如細蜂蜜，味甜難厭，菓味如是。菓大如瓮，其核大小猶如世間剡浮子核。其上有鳥，形如大殿獼猴之形、如六十歲大象，是兩鳥獸恒食其實。東枝有子，多落剡浮提地，少落水者；西枝菓子，多落剡浮提地，少落水者；南枝菓子，並落剡浮提地；北枝菓子，悉落河中，為魚所食。樹根悉是金砂所覆，當春雨時下不漏濕，夏則不熱，冬無風寒。有乾闥婆及藥叉神，依樹下住。」
The Buddha said, "Monks, there is a tree called the Jambu tree. The land is named after it: Jambudvīpa. This tree grows on the north side of Jambudvīpa, on the south bank of the Nemiñjara River. Its trunk is right at the center of the continent. From the center of the trunk to the eastern and western edges, it measures one thousand yojanas. The tree grows fully, with a lovely appearance: its branches and leaves interweave to form a dense, thick canopy. It never withers, and no wind or rain can penetrate it.
"Monks, imagine a garland-maker weaving a garland or ear ornament—the tree is just as lovely. It spreads out at the top like a canopy, layer upon layer, a hundred yojanas high. Below, the trunk is straight and grand, without any knots or branches for fifty yojanas; only then do branches appear. The trunk itself is five yojanas wide and fifteen yojanas around. Each branch extends horizontally fifty yojanas; the span between opposite branches is one hundred yojanas, and the full circumference is three hundred yojanas.
"When the fruit ripens, its taste is incomparably sweet, like fine honey—so delicious it never grows tiresome. Each fruit is as large as a jar, and its pit is just like the pit of a Jambu fruit in this world. On the tree lives a bird the size of a large monkey, and also a creature like a sixty-year-old elephant; these two beings always eat the fruit.
"The fruit on the eastern branch: most falls onto the land of Jambudvīpa, only a little into the water. The western branch: again, most falls onto land, a little into water. The southern branch: all its fruit falls onto the land of Jambudvīpa. The northern branch: all its fruit falls into the river, where it is eaten by fish. The tree’s roots are entirely covered with golden sand. During the spring rains, it does not become damp; in summer it is not hot; in winter it is not cold. A gandharva and a yakṣa dwell beneath this tree."
如是之事，云何知耶？昔王舍城有兩比丘，具神通力，共為朋友。從佛口聞剡浮樹相如此，是二比丘互相謂言：「我等當往看彼剡浮。」各云我去，遂至樹所。見樹菓熟，墮地自破。其一比丘，從其蔕孔授手至臂，其最長指猶不至核，牽手而出為菓所染，手臂皆赤，猶如世間貴赤栴檀汁所染污。其菓香氣能染人心。是時比丘鼻嗅菓香，第二比丘問言：「汝欲食不？」「長老！我不樂食。是事希有，不可思議。是離欲結，最為廣大。何以故？若人未離欲，嗅如是香，即生心氣乃發顛狂。有諸離欲外道，若嗅此香，退失離欲之地。」是二比丘還王舍城，說如上事。
時有一人名曰長脛，本是王種，姓拘利氏，宿業果報所得神通。是人有此威神相貌，若行水中，前脚未沒、後脚已移；若行草上，草雖未靡，便得移步；若行樹葉，樹葉未低，後足已度，鞋履踐處並不為難。是長脛人從佛所聞，是剡浮樹如此如此。即白佛言：「世尊！我今若行，至剡浮樹不？」答云：「得至。」是人頂禮佛足，右繞三匝，面正向北，發此而去。行度諸山：一名小黑山、二名大黑山、三名多𤛆牛山、四名日光山、五名銀山、六名香水山、七名金邊山。是人登金邊山頂，轉面向北，聳身遠望，唯見黑暗，怖畏而反。佛問：「汝至剡浮樹不？」答言：「不至。」佛問：「汝何所見？」是人答曰：「唯覩黑暗。」佛言：「此黑暗色即剡浮樹。」是人重禮佛足，右遶三匝，更向北行，重度七山：一名周羅迦囉、第二摩呵迦羅、第三瞿漢山、第四首羅山、第五稽羅山、第六乾陀山、第七修跋姖山。又渡六大國土：一名鳩留國、二名高臘鞞、三名毘提訶、四名摩訶毘提訶、五名欝多羅曼陀、六名沙熈摩羅野。是名六大國土。又度七大樹林，林間有河，度是七河。又度阿摩羅林及訶梨勒林，乃至剡浮提樹南枝。從南枝上，行至樹北枝。是人俯窺，見下水相與常水異，最澄最清，向底洞澈都無障翳。是人觀已，作是思惟：「我之神通，今於此處得成就不？」因脚履水，手攀樹枝，是脚至水如石即沒，於此神通不得成就。云何如此？是水最輕最細，若以彼水投此㵎水，如蘇如油浮在水上；若以此水投於彼水，即沈如石。是人從剡浮樹取一菓子，還王舍城，奉上世尊。佛受此菓，破為多片，施諸大眾，菓汁染於佛手。爾時佛以此手擊於山石，至今赤色如昔不異，濕亦不燥，掌迹分明。因昔分菓為片片故，因名此石為片片巖。
At that time, there was a man named Long Legs. He was born into a royal family, of the Koliya clan, and due to his past karma had attained supernatural powers. Such was his awesome ability that when he walked on water, his front foot would not yet have sunk before his back foot had already moved. When he walked on grass, the grass would not yet have bent before he had already taken his next step. When he walked on tree leaves, the leaves would not yet have drooped before his back foot had already passed. Wherever his shoes stepped, there was no difficulty.
Having heard from the Buddha about the great Jambu tree in such detail, Long Legs asked the Buddha, "World-Honored One, if I set out now, can I reach the Jambu tree?" The Buddha replied, "You can reach it." The man then prostrated himself at the Buddha's feet, circumambulated him three times to the right, faced north, and departed.
He crossed several mountains: first, Little Black Mountain; second, Great Black Mountain; third, Many-Yak Mountain; fourth, Sunlight Mountain; fifth, Silver Mountain; sixth, Fragrant-Water Mountain; seventh, Golden-Rim Mountain. Climbing to the top of Golden-Rim Mountain, he turned north and strained his eyes to peer into the distance. He saw nothing but darkness, and frightened, he turned back.
The Buddha asked him, "Did you reach the Jambu tree?" He replied, "No." The Buddha asked, "What did you see?" The man answered, "I only saw darkness." The Buddha said, "That darkness is the Jambu tree."
Again the man prostrated himself, circumambulated three times to the right, and set out once more to the north. He again crossed seven mountains: first, Round-Cakra; second, Great-Cakra; third, Gūḍha Mountain; fourth, Śūra Mountain; fifth, Kīra Mountain; sixth, Gandha Mountain; seventh, Śubhānjī Mountain. Then he crossed six great countries: first, Kuru; second, Golaḍḍhī; third, Videha; fourth, Mahāvideha; fifth, Uttaramandra; sixth, Śaśimālaya. These are the six great countries. Then he crossed seven great forests, with rivers flowing between them, and crossed those seven rivers. Then he crossed the Āmra forest and the Harītakī forest, until he reached the southern branch of the Jambu tree.
Walking along the southern branch, he came to the tree's northern branch. Peering down, he saw that the water below was different from ordinary water—it was extremely clear and pure, so transparent that he could see all the way to the bottom without any obstruction. Seeing this, he thought, "Will my supernatural power still work here?" So he stepped onto the water while holding onto a tree branch. But when his foot touched the water, he sank as if he had stepped on a stone—his supernatural power did not function there.
Why was this? Because that water was extremely light and delicate. If water from that place were poured into an ordinary stream, it would float on the surface like butter or oil. But if ordinary water were poured into that water, it would sink like a stone.
Long Legs took a fruit from the Jambu tree and returned to Rajagriha, where he offered it to the World-Honored One. The Buddha accepted the fruit, broke it into many pieces, and distributed them to the assembly. The fruit's juice stained the Buddha's hand. At that time, the Buddha struck a mountain rock with that hand, and even to this day the rock remains reddish, neither drying out nor fading, with the print of His palm clearly visible. Because the fruit was broken into pieces, this rock was named the "Piece-by-Piece Rock."
是時佛化優婁頻螺迦葉，取此剡浮提樹子，送與迦葉：「迦葉！汝食是菓。」迦葉問佛：「大瞿曇沙門！那得是菓？」佛語迦葉：「是樹名曰剡浮，此菓從彼樹得。」迦葉曰：「我不能食是菓子，沙門但取自食。」時諸天神又送剡浮樹子，供養於佛，或在舍衛、若王舍城、迦毘羅衛國等。佛得受已，分施大眾。復餘比丘住剡浮所，還此土說。目連比丘亦曾住彼，還此，次第為比丘說。以是因緣，此事可知。