阿毘達磨識身足論卷第一
Abhidharma Vijñānakāyapādaśāstra, Volume 1
提婆設摩阿羅漢造
Composed by the Arhat Devaśarman
三藏法師玄奘奉 詔譯
Translation by the Tripitaka Master Xuanzang, by Imperial Decree
初歸禮讚頌
Praise for Taking Refuge
稽首大覺覺中王， 覺王所供三界日，
解脫妙法智所歸， 智者所依諸聖眾。
阿毘達磨海難渡， 佛口池流千聖飲，
於境巨溟能善決， 故我至誠今頂禮。
朗日不舉照人間， 稠林昏翳孰能遣？
若無阿毘達磨論， 智所知冥誰殄滅？
阿毘達磨正法燈， 心中淨眼智根本，
所知林日邪論劍， 開士威力如來藏。
三界照明慧眼道， 一切法燈佛語海，
能發勝慧破諸疑， 是諸聖賢法衢路。
智者慧水大陂池， 求智勇銳勝基本，
了此勝法至聰明， 悟斯聖教真佛子。
I bow to the Great Awakened One, the King of Awakening, The World-Honored One who is revered as the sun of the three realms, The wondrous Dharma of liberation, the refuge of wisdom, The holy assembly upon whom the wise rely.
The ocean of Abhidharma is difficult to cross, A stream flowing from the Buddha's mouth, drunk upon by a thousand sages, Skillfully discerning the vast ocean of objects, Therefore I now sincerely bow my head.
If the bright sun does not rise to shine upon the world, Who can dispel the dense forest's gloom? Without the Abhidharma treatises, Who can annihilate the darkness of what is to be known by wisdom?
The Abhidharma is the true lamp of the Dharma, The pure eye within the mind, the root of wisdom, The sun over the forest of the knowable, the sword against false views, The power of the Bodhisattva, the Tathāgata-garbha.
It is the path of the eye of wisdom illuminating the three realms, The lamp for all dharmas, the ocean of the Buddha's words, Able to give rise to supreme wisdom and shatter all doubts, The highway of the Dharma for all sages and worthies.
It is the great reservoir of the wise one's waters of wisdom, The supreme foundation for the courageous and sharp seeker of wisdom, To understand this supreme Dharma is to reach utmost intelligence, To awaken to this holy teaching is to be a true child of the Buddha.