Visuddhimagga I-1

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

南无婆伽梵．阿罗汉．三藐三菩陀

Visuddhimaggo

(Paṭhamo bhāgo)

Nidānādikathā

序 论

[I. INTRODUCTORY]

1.

Sīlepatiṭṭhāya naro sapañño, cittaṃ paññañca bhāvayaṃ;

Ātāpī nipako bhikkhu, so imaṃ vijaṭaye jaṭanti. (saṃ. ni. 1.23);

[PTS 001] 经中这样说：

住戒有慧人，修习心与慧，

有勤智比丘，彼当解此结。

Ñ(I,1): [1] 'When a wise man, established well in Virtue,

Develops Consciousness and Understanding,

Then as a bhikkhu ardent and sagacious,

He succeeds in disentangling this tangle' (S.i,13).

Dic: patiṭṭhāya : [abs. of patiṭṭhāti] having established; having stood firmly; having found a support. patiṭṭhāti : [pati + ṭhā + a] is established; stands firmly; finds a support. nara : [m.] man; a human being. bhāveti : [bhū+ e] increases; cultivates; develops. ātāpī (adj.), ardent; strenuous. nipaka : [adj.] clever; prudent; wise. so : [(nom. sin. of ta), m.] he. vijaṭeti : [vi + jaṭ + e] unravels; combs out; disentangles. jaṭā (f.) tangle; planting; matted hair.

Iti hidaṃ vuttaṃ, kasmā panetaṃ vuttaṃ, bhagavantaṃ kira sāvatthiyaṃ viharantaṃ rattibhāge aññataro devaputto upasaṅkamitvā attano saṃsayasamugghāṭatthaṃ –

Antojaṭā bahijaṭā, jaṭāya jaṭitā pajā;

Taṃ taṃ gotama pucchāmi, ko imaṃ vijaṭaye jaṭanti. (saṃ. ni. 1.23) –

Imaṃ pañhaṃ pucchi.

为什么要这样说呢？据说：世尊在舍卫城时，于夜分中，来一天子，为除自己的疑惑，提出这样的问题：

内结与外结，人为结缚[fù]结，

瞿昙[qú tán]我问汝，谁当解此结？

Ñ: This was said. But why was it said? While the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthi, it seems, a certain deity came to him in the night, and in order to do away with his doubts he asked this question:

'The inner tangle and the outer tangle -

This generation is entangled in a tangle.

And so I ask of Gotama this question:

Who succeeds in disentangling this tangle?' (S.i,13).

Dic: iti : [ind.] thus. (used to point out something just mentioned or about to be mentioned, and to show that a sentence is finished). Very often its former i is elided and ti only is remaining. vutta : [pp. of vadati] spoken; said; told. vadati : [vad + a] speaks; says; tells. kasmā : [ind.] why. pana : [(Adversative and interogative particle) ind.] and; yet; but; out the contrary; and now; more over. kira : [ind.] really; truly; (refers to a report by hear-say). sāvatthī : [f.] name of the metropolis of the Kingdom of Kosala. viharanta : [pr.p. of viharati] living ; abiding; dwelling; sojourning. viharati : [vi + har + a] lives; abides; dwells; sojourns. rattibhāga : [m.] night-time. aññatara : [adj.] certain; not well-known. devaputta : [m.] son of a god. upasaṅkamitvā : [abs. of upasaṅkamati] having approached; drawing near. upasaṅkamati : [upa + saṃ + kam + a] approaches. atta : [m.] soul; oneself. saṃsaya : [m.] doubt. samugghāta : [m.] jostling; knocking against; uprooting; removal. samugghāteti : [saṃ + u + ghāt + e] abolishes; uproots; removes. anto : [ind.] inside; within; inner. bahi : [ind.] outer; external; outside. jaṭā (f.) tangle; planting; matted hair. jaṭita : [pp.] entangled; plaited. pajā : [f.] progeny; offspring; generation; mankind. pucchā (f.) a question. ko : [m.] (sing. of kiṃ) who? which man? pañha : [3] a question; an inquiry. pucchi : [aor. of pucchati] asked; questioned.