EĀ 27.8
Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含经
27.8 （八）
Thus have I heard: | 闻如是： |
At one time, the Buddha was at Anāthapiṇḍada's Park in the Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī. | 一时，佛在舍卫国祇树给孤独园。 |
At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "There are four kinds of garuḍas. What are the four? There are garuḍas born from eggs, born from wombs, born from moisture, and born from transformation. These are the four kinds of garuḍas. In the same way, bhikṣus, there are four kinds of dragons. What are the four? There are dragons born from eggs, born from wombs, born from moisture, and born from transformation. These are called, bhikṣus, the four kinds of dragons. | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「有四种金翅鸟。云何为四？有卵生金翅鸟，有胎生金翅鸟，有湿生金翅鸟，有化生金翅鸟，是四种金翅鸟。如是，比丘！有四种龙。云何为四？有卵生龙，有胎生龙，有湿生龙，有化生龙。是谓，比丘！有四种龙。 |
Bhikṣus, you should know that when an egg-born garuḍa wants to eat a dragon, it flies up to the iron-spiked tree and dives into the ocean. The ocean water is 280,000 li wide and deep, with four dragon palaces below. There are dragons born from eggs, born from wombs, born from moisture, and born from transformation. At that time, the egg-born garuḍa flaps its wings to part the water and takes the egg-born dragon to eat it. If it goes towards the womb-born dragon, the garuḍa's body will perish. At that time, the garuḍa parts the water to take the dragon, and before the water has closed, it returns to the iron-spiked tree. | 「比丘当知，若彼卵生金翅鸟欲食龙时，上铁叉树上，自投于海；而彼海水纵广二十八万里，下有四种龙宫，有卵种龙，有胎种龙，有湿种龙，有化种龙。是时，卵种金翅鸟，以大翅搏水两向，取卵种龙食之；设当向胎种龙者，金翅鸟身即当丧亡。尔时，金翅鸟搏水取龙，水犹未合，还上铁叉树上。 |
Bhikṣus, you should know that when a womb-born garuḍa wants to eat a dragon, it flies up to the iron-spiked tree and dives into the ocean. The ocean water is 280,000 li wide and deep, and it parts the water to reach the womb-born dragon. If it encounters an egg-born dragon, it can also catch it and carry it out of the ocean. If it encounters a moisture-born dragon, the bird's body will die. | 「比丘当知，若胎生金翅鸟欲食龙时，上铁叉树上，自投于海；然彼海水纵广二十八万里，搏水下至值胎种龙。若值卵生龙者，亦能捉之衔出海水；若值湿生龙者，鸟身即死。 |
Bhikṣus, you should know that when a moisture-born garuḍa wants to eat a dragon, it flies up to the iron-spiked tree and dives into the ocean. If it encounters an egg-born dragon, a womb-born dragon, or a moisture-born dragon, it can catch them all. If it encounters a transformation-born dragon, the bird's body will die. | 「比丘当知，若湿生金翅鸟欲食龙时，上铁叉树上，自投于海。彼若得卵生龙、胎生龙、湿生龙，皆能捉之；设值化生龙者，鸟身即死。 |
Bhikṣus, you should know that when a transformation-born garuḍa wants to eat a dragon, it flies up to the iron-spiked tree and dives into the ocean. The ocean water is 280,000 li wide and deep, and it parts the water to reach the egg-born dragon, the womb-born dragon, the moisture-born dragon, and the transformation-born dragon. It can catch them all. Before the ocean water closes, it returns to the iron-spiked tree. | 「若，比丘！化生金翅鸟欲食龙时，上铁叉树上，自投于海；然彼海水纵广二十八万里，搏水下至值卵种龙、胎种龙、湿种龙、化种龙，皆能捉之，海水未合之顷，还上铁叉树上。 |
"Bhikṣus, you should know that if a dragon king has served the Buddha, the garuḍa cannot eat it. Why is that? The Tathāgata always practices the four immeasurables. Therefore, the bird cannot eat the dragon. What are the four immeasurables? The Tathāgata always practices the mind of loving-kindness, the mind of compassion, the mind of joy, and the mind of equanimity. These are called the four immeasurables of the Tathāgata. He has great strength and great courage, which cannot be destroyed. Therefore, the garuḍa cannot eat the dragon. Therefore, bhikṣus, you should practice the four immeasurables. Thus, bhikṣus, you should train in this way." | 「比丘当知，若使龙王身事佛者，是时金翅鸟不能食噉。所以然者，如来恒行四等之心，以是故鸟不能食龙。云何为四等？如来恒行慈心，恒行悲心，恒行喜心，恒行护心。是谓，比丘！如来恒有此四等心，有大筋力，有大勇猛，不可沮坏。以是之故，金翅之鸟不能食龙。是故，诸比丘！当行四等之心。如是，诸比丘！当作是学。」 |
At that time, the bhikṣus, having heard the Buddha's teaching, joyfully received and practiced it. | 尔时，诸比丘闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Ekottarāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).