SĀ 509
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 509（五〇九） 屠牛者
Parallel to: SN 19.2
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying at the Kalandaka Bamboo Grove in Rājagṛha. At that time, the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana and the Venerable Revata were on Vulture Peak. | 一时，佛住王舍城迦兰陀竹园。尔时，尊者大目犍连与尊者勒叉那在耆阇崛山。 |
The Venerable Revata went to where the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana was in the morning and said to the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana, "Let us go down from Vulture Peak and enter Rājagṛha to beg for alms." The Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana silently agreed and went down from Vulture Peak with him to enter Rājagṛha to beg for alms. | 尊者勒叉那于晨朝时诣尊者大目犍连所，语尊者大目犍连：「共出耆阇崛山，入王舍城乞食。」尊者大目犍连默然而许，即共出耆阇崛山，入王舍城乞食。 |
When they reached a certain place, the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana had a thought and smiled happily. The Venerable Revata saw the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana smiling and asked, "Venerable One! If the Buddha or the Buddha's disciples smile, it is not without a reason. What is the reason for your smile today?" | 行至一处，尊者大目犍连心有所念，欣然微笑。尊者勒叉那见尊者大目犍连微笑，即问言：「尊者！若佛及佛声闻弟子欣然微笑，非无因缘，尊者今日何因何缘而发微笑？」 |
The Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana said, "Your question is not timely. Let us beg for alms first. When we return to the World-Honored One, we should ask about this matter. That is a timely question." | 尊者大目犍连言：「所问非时，且乞食，还于世尊前，当问是事，是应时问。」 |
The Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana and the Venerable Revata entered the city together to beg for alms. After eating, they returned, washed their feet, put away their robes and bowls, and went to where the Buddha was. They bowed at the Buddha's feet and sat to one side. The Venerable Revata asked the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana, "This morning, when we entered Rājagṛha together to beg for alms, you smiled happily at a certain place. I asked you why you smiled, and you replied that the question was not timely. Now I ask you, what was the reason for your happy smile?" | 尊者大目犍连与尊者勒叉那共入城乞食，食已还，洗足，举衣钵，俱诣佛所，稽首佛足，退坐一面。尊者勒叉那问尊者大目犍连：「我今晨朝与汝共入王舍城乞食，汝于一处欣然微笑，我即问汝何因缘笑，汝答我言所问非时，我今问汝何因何缘欣然微笑？」 |
The Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana said to the Venerable Revata, "On the road, I saw a being whose muscles and bones were connected, its entire body impure and foul-smelling. Crows, vultures, eagles, jackals, and starving dogs followed and tore at it, or probed its internal organs through its ribs to eat. It was in extreme pain, crying and wailing. Seeing this, I thought, 'Such beings have obtained such a body and experience such harmful suffering.'" | 尊者大目犍连语尊者勒叉那：「我于路中见一众生，筋骨相连，举身不净，臭秽可厌，乌、鵄、雕、鹫、野干、饿狗随而擭食，或从脇肋探其内藏而取食之，极大苦痛，啼哭号呼。我见是已，心即念言：『如是众生得如是身，而受如是不饶益苦。』」 |
At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "Good! Bhikṣus! Among my śrāvakas, I abide in the true eye, true wisdom, true meaning, and true Dharma, and have attained definitive understanding. I also see such beings, but I do not speak of it, fearing disbelief. Why is that? Those who do not believe the Tathāgata's words are foolish people who will experience immeasurable harm for a long time. Bhikṣus! Those beings, in a past life, were disciples of a cow butcher in this Rājagṛha. Due to the karma of butchering cows, they have already fallen into hell for hundreds of thousands of years and experienced immeasurable suffering. Due to the remaining karma of their evil deeds as cow butchers, they now obtain such a body and continue to experience such harmful suffering. Bhikṣus! What Mahāmaudgalyāyana saw is true and not different. You should uphold it." | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「善哉！比丘！我声闻中住实眼、实智、实义、实法，决定通达，见如是众生。我亦见是众生，而不说者，恐不信故。所以者何？如来所说，有不信者，是愚痴人长夜当受不饶益苦。诸比丘！是众生者，过去世时，于此王舍城为屠牛弟子，缘屠牛罪故，已百千岁堕地狱中受无量苦，彼屠牛恶行余罪缘故，今得此身，续受如是不饶益苦。诸比丘！如大目揵连所见，真实不异，汝等受持。」 |
Having spoken this sūtra, the Buddha said to the bhikṣus, "Good! Bhikṣus! Among my śrāvakas, I abide in the true eye, true wisdom, true meaning, and true Dharma, and have attained definitive understanding. I also see such beings, but I do not speak of it, fearing disbelief. Why is that? Those who do not believe | 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).