SĀ 510
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 510（五一〇） 屠羊者
Parallel to: SN 19.4
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying at the Kalandaka Bamboo Grove in Rājagṛha, while the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana and the Venerable Revata were on Vulture Peak. | 一时，佛住王舍城迦兰陀竹园。尊者大目犍连与尊者勒叉那在耆阇崛山中。 |
In the morning, the Venerable Revata went to where the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana was and said to him, "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。 |
As they were walking along, the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana had a thought and smiled happily. The Venerable Revata saw the Venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana smiling and asked him, "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, we will ask the World-Honored One 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 returning, they 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 one place. I asked you the reason for your smile, but 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：「我今晨朝共入王舍城乞食，汝于一处欣然微笑，我即问汝微笑因缘，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 Revata, "On the road, I saw a large-bodied being with no skin on its body, just a mass of pure flesh, flying through the air. Crows, kites, vultures, jackals, and starving dogs followed and tore at it, or probed its internal organs through its ribs to eat them. The pain was excruciating, and it cried out in agony. I thought, 'Such a being has attained such a body and is now experiencing such harmful suffering.'" | 尊者大目犍连语勒叉那：「我于路中见一大身众生，举身无皮，纯一肉段，乘空而行，乌、鵄、雕、鹫、野干、饿狗随而擭食，或从脇肋探其内藏而取食之，苦痛切迫，啼哭号呼。我即思惟：『如是众生得如是身，乃受如是不饶益苦。』」 |
The Buddha told the monks, "Good! Among my disciples, those who abide in the true eye, true wisdom, true meaning, and true Dharma, who are determined and have penetrating insight, see these beings. I also see these beings, but I do not speak of it, fearing that they may not believe. Why is that? Those who do not believe what the Tathāgata says are foolish people who will suffer harm for a long time. Monks! These beings, in a past life, were butchers of sheep in this Rājagṛha. Because of that karma, they have fallen into hell for hundreds of thousands of years, experiencing immeasurable suffering. Now they have attained this body, and because of the remaining karma, they continue to experience this suffering. Monks! What Mahāmaudgalyāyana saw is true, without any difference. You should uphold it." | 佛告诸比丘：「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，于此王舍城为屠羊者，缘斯罪故，已百千岁堕地狱中受无量苦，今得此身，余罪缘故，续受斯苦。诸比丘！如大目犍连所见，真实无异，汝等受持。」 |
Having spoken this sūtra, the Buddha finished what he had to say. The monks, having heard the Buddha's words, rejoiced and received them with respect. | 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).