Visuddhimagga VIII-75

‘‘Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, suvaṇṇakāro vā suvaṇṇakārantevāsī vā ukkaṃ bandhati, ukkaṃ bandhitvā ukkāmukhaṃ ālimpeti, ukkāmukhaṃ ālimpetvā saṇḍāsena jātarūpaṃ gahetvā ukkāmukhe pakkhipitvā kālenakālaṃ abhidhamati,

「诸比丘！亦如金匠或金匠的弟子造炉，既造炉已，于炉口点火，既于炉口点火已，以火钳挟金投入炉口，时时吹风，

Ñ(VIII,75): 'Bhikkhus, just as a skilled goldsmith or goldsmith's apprentice prepares his furnace and heats it up and puts crude gold into it with tongs; and he blows on it from time to time,

kālenakālaṃ udakena paripphoseti,

时时洒水，

Ñ: sprinkles water on it from time to time,

kālenakālaṃ ajjhupekkhati.

时时放舍。

Ñ: and looks on at it from time to time;

Sace, bhikkhave, suvaṇṇakāro vā suvaṇṇakārantevāsī vā taṃ jātarūpaṃ ekantaṃ abhidhameyya,

诸比丘！如果金匠或金匠的弟子专一对金吹风，

Ñ: and if the goldsmith or goldsmith's apprentice only blew on the crude gold,

ṭhānaṃ taṃ jātarūpaṃ ḍaheyya.

则金将烧掉；

Ñ: it would burn

Sace, bhikkhave, suvaṇṇakāro vā suvaṇṇakārantevāsī vā taṃ jātarūpaṃ ekantaṃ udakena paripphoseyya,

诸比丘！如果金匠或金匠的弟子专一对金洒水，

Ñ: and if he only sprinkled water on it,

ṭhānaṃ taṃ jātarūpaṃ nibbāyeyya.

则金将冷却；

Ñ: it would cool down,

Sace, bhikkhave, suvaṇṇakāro vā suvaṇṇakārantevāsī vā taṃ jātarūpaṃ ekantaṃ ajjhupekkheyya,

诸比丘！如果金匠或金匠的弟子专一对金放舍，

Ñ: and if he only looked on at it,

ṭhānaṃ taṃ jātarūpaṃ na sammā paripākaṃ gaccheyya.

则金不至正当的纯熟。

Ñ: it would not get rightly refined;

Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, suvaṇṇakāro vā suvaṇṇakārantevāsī vā taṃ jātarūpaṃ kālenakālaṃ abhidhamati,

诸比丘！然而金匠或金匠的弟子，对金时时吹风，

Ñ: but when the goldsmith or goldsmith's apprentice blows on the crude gold from time to time,

kālenakālaṃ udakena paripphoseti,

时时洒水，

Ñ: sprinkles water on it from time to time,

kālenakālaṃ ajjhupekkhati,

时时放舍，

Ñ: and looks on at it from time to time,

taṃ hoti jātarūpaṃ muduñca kammaññañca pabhassarañca, na ca pabhaṅgu, sammā upeti kammāya.

则金成为柔软，适合作业，净洁及不会破坏而成正当的作用──

Ñ: then it becomes malleable, wieldy and bright, it is not brittle, and it submits rightly to being wrought;

Yassā yassā ca piḷandhanavikatiyā ākaṅkhati yadi paṭikāya yadi kuṇḍalāya yadi gīveyyāya yadi suvaṇṇamālāya, tañcassa atthaṃ anubhoti.

如欲用金制作金带、耳环、颈饰、金鬘等的种种装饰品，都得完成他的目的」。

Ñ: whatever kind of ornament he wants to work it into, whether a chain or a ring or a necklace or a gold fillet, it serves his purpose.