SĀ 389
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 389（三八九） 大医王
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying in the Deer Park at the Sage's Abode in the country of Varanasi. | 一时，佛住波罗［木＊奈］国仙人住处鹿野苑中。 |
At that time, the World-Honored One addressed the bhikṣus, saying, "There are four qualities that are accomplished, which are called the great king's medicine. They are the king's equipment and the king's share. What are the four? First, knowing well the illness; second, knowing well the source of the illness; third, knowing well the remedy for the illness; fourth, knowing well that after the illness is cured, it will not recur in the future. What is meant by the good doctor knowing the illness well? It means that the good doctor knows well various kinds of illnesses. This is called the good doctor knowing the illness well. What is meant by the good doctor knowing the source of the illness well? It means that the good doctor knows well that this illness arises from wind, phlegm, saliva, cold, present conditions, or seasonal factors. This is called the good doctor knowing the source of the illness well. What is meant by the good doctor knowing the remedy for the illness well? It means that the good doctor knows well various kinds of illnesses and knows how to treat them with ointments, emetics, purges, nasal irrigation, fumigation, and sweating. This is called the good doctor knowing the remedy for the illness well. What is meant by the good doctor knowing that after the illness is cured, it will not recur in the future? It means that the good doctor treats various kinds of illnesses well, completely eradicating them, so that they will not recur in the future. This is called the good doctor knowing that after the illness is cured, it will not recur in the future. | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「有四法成就，名曰大医王者，所应王之具、王之分。何等为四？一者善知病，二者善知病源，三者善知病对治，四者善知治病已，当来更不动发。云何名良医善知病？谓良医善知如是如是种种病，是名良医善知病。云何良医善知病源？谓良医善知此病因风起、癖阴起、涎唾起、众冷起、因现事起、时节起，是名良医善知病源。云何良医善知病对治？谓良医善知种种病，应涂药、应吐、应下、应灌鼻、应熏、应取汗。如是比种种对治，是名良医善知对治。云何良医善知治病已，于未来世永不动发？谓良医善治种种病，令究竟除，于未来世永不复起，是名良医善知治病，更不动发。 |
"The Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One is the great king of physicians, accomplishing four virtues to cure the illnesses of sentient beings, also like this. What are the four? It means that the Tathāgata knows this is the noble truth of suffering and knows it as it is, knows this is the noble truth of the origin of suffering and knows it as it is, knows this is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering and knows it as it is, knows this is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering and knows it as it is. Bhikṣus! Those worldly physicians do not know the fundamental remedies for birth, aging, sickness, death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, and distress as they are. The Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One, the great king of physicians, knows the fundamental remedies for birth, aging, sickness, death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, and distress as they are. Therefore, the Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One is called the great king of physicians." | 「如来、应、等正觉为大医王，成就四德，疗众生病，亦复如是。云何为四？谓如来知此是苦圣谛如实知、此是苦集圣谛如实知、此是苦灭圣谛如实知、此是苦灭道迹圣谛如实知。诸比丘！彼世间良医于生根本对治不如实知，老、病、死、忧、悲、恼、苦根本对治不如实知，如来、应、等正觉为大医王，于生根本知对治如实知，于老、病、死、忧、悲、恼、苦根本对治如实知，是故如来、应、等正觉名大医王。」 |
Having spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus heard what the Buddha said and joyfully upheld it. | 佛说此经已，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 Saṃyuktāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).