Visuddhimagga IV-67

Nimittābhimukhapaṭipādanaṃ

[THE FIVE SIMILES]

68. Tatrāyamatthadīpanā –

对于后面这个颂意的解释：

Ñ(IV,67): Here is the explanation of the meaning.

yathā hi acheko madhukaro asukasmiṃ rukkhe pupphaṃ pupphitanti ñatvā tikkhena vegena pakkhando taṃ atikkamitvā paṭinivattento khīṇe reṇumhi sampāpuṇāti.

譬如过于伶俐的蜜蜂，知道了某树的花开得正盛之时，便很迅速的飞去，结果超过了那树，等到再飞回来而到达那里的时候，则花粉已经完了。

Ñ: When a too clever bee learns that a flower on a tree is blooming, it sets out hurriedly, overshoots the mark, turns back, and arrives when the pollen is finished;

Aparo acheko mandena javena pakkhando khīṇeyeva sampāpuṇāti.

另一种不伶俐的蜜蜂，迟缓的飞去，到达之后，花粉也完了。

Ñ: and another, not clever enough bee, who sets out with too slow a speed, arrives when the pollen is finished too;

Cheko pana samena javena pakkhando sukhena puppharāsiṃ sampatvā yāvadicchakaṃ reṇuṃ ādāya madhuṃ sampādetvā madhurasamanubhavati.

然而伶俐的蜜蜂，以中庸的速度飞去，很容易地到达了花聚，遂其所欲采取花粉而酿蜜，并得尝于蜜味。

Ñ: but a clever bee sets out with balanced speed, arrives with ease at the cluster of flowers, takes as much pollen as it pleases and enjoys the honey-dew.