Visuddhimagga VIII-20

Kathaṃ iddhimahattato?

（4）怎样以大神变比较呢？

Ñ(VIII,20): How by comparison with those of great supernormal power?

Pādaṅguṭṭhakamattena, vejayantamakampayi;

Yo nāmiddhimataṃ seṭṭho, dutiyo aggasāvako.

Sopi maccumukhaṃ ghoraṃ, migo sīhamukhaṃ viya;

Paviṭṭho saha iddhīhi, mādisesu kathāva kāti.

第二上首弟子，神通第一的（目犍连），

用他的足趾，便得震动毗阇延多(Vejayanta)的宫殿，

亦如麋鹿进入狮子口，

带着神通进入恐怖的死的口里，

如我这等人，

更有何言说。

Ñ: The second of the chief disciples,

The foremost in miraculous powers,

Who with the point of his great toe

Did rock Vejayanta's Palace towers,

Like a deer in a lion's jaw, he too,

Despite miraculous potency,

Fell in the dreadful jaws of death;

What can be said of those like me?

Evaṃ iddhimahattato anussaritabbaṃ.

如是以大神变比较而念死。

Ñ: It should be recollected in this way by comparison with those of great supernormal power.