Visuddhimagga IX-38

250. Evampi nibbāpetuṃ asakkontena pana dhātuvinibbhogo kātabbo.

（9）若这样亦不能息灭（瞋心），则应作界的分析：

Ñ(IX,38): But if he is still unable to stop it in this way, he should try resolution into elements.

Kathaṃ? ‘‘Ambho pabbajita, tvaṃ etassa kujjhamāno kassa kujjhasi?

即「喂！你这出家者！你对此人忿怒时，忿的什么？

Ñ: How? 'Now you who have gone forth into homelessness, when you are angry with him, what is it you are angry with?

Kiṃ kesānaṃ kujjhasi,

对他头发忿怒吗？

Ñ: Is it head hairs you are angry with?

udāhu lomānaṃ, nakhānaṃ…pe… muttassa kujjhasi?

或对毛，对爪••••••乃至对尿忿怒呢？

Ñ: Or body hairs? Or nails? … Or is it urine you are angry with?

Atha vā pana kesādīsu pathavīdhātuyā kujjhasi,

或于发等之中对地界忿怒吗？

Ñ: Or alternatively, is it the earth element in the head hairs, etc., you are angry with?

āpodhātuyā, tejodhātuyā, vāyodhātuyā kujjhasi?

对水界、火界及风界忿怒吗？

Ñ: Or the water element? Or the fire element? Or is it the air element you are angry with?

Ye vā pañcakkhandhe dvādasāyatanāni aṭṭhārasa dhātuyo upādāya ayamāyasmā itthannāmoti vuccati,

或者因为五蕴、十二处、十八界的和合而称此尊者为某某的名字，

Ñ: Or among the five aggregates or the twelve bases or the eighteen elements with respect to which this venerable one is called by such and such a name,

tesu kiṃ rūpakkhandhassa kujjhasi,

在此（蕴处界）等之中你对色蕴忿吗？

Ñ: which then, is it the materiality aggregate you are angry with?

udāhu vedanā saññā saṅkhāraviññāṇakkhandhassa kujjhasi?

或对受、想、行、识蕴而忿呢？

Ñ: Or the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the formations aggregate, the consciousness aggregate you are angry with?

Kiṃ vā cakkhāyatanassa kujjhasi,

或者你对眼处而忿，

Ñ: Or is it the eye base you are angry with?

kiṃ rūpāyatanassa kujjhasi…pe… kiṃ manāyatanassa kujjhasi,

对色处而忿••••••乃至对意处而忿，

Ñ: Or the visible-object base you are angry with? … Or the mind base you are angry with?

kiṃ dhammāyatanassa kujjhasi?

对法处而忿？

Ñ: Or the mental-object base you are angry with?

Kiṃ vā cakkhudhātuyā kujjhasi,

或者你是对眼界而忿，

Ñ: Or is it the eye element you are angry with?

kiṃ rūpadhātuyā,

对色界，

Ñ: Or the visible-object element?

kiṃ cakkhuviññāṇadhātuyā…pe… kiṃ manodhātuyā,

对眼识界••••••乃至对意界，

Ñ: Or the eye-consciousness element? … Or the mind element?

kiṃ dhammadhātuyā,

对法界，

Ñ: Or the mental-object element?

kiṃ manoviññāṇadhātuyā’’ti?

对意识界而忿呢」？

Ñ: Or the mind-consciousness element you are angry with?'

Evañhi dhātuvinibbhogaṃ karoto āragge sāsapassa viya ākāse cittakammassa viya ca kodhassa patiṭṭhānaṭṭhānaṃ na hoti.

如果这样对界的分析，则如置芥子于针锋，绘图画于虚空，他的忿怒实无可置之处。

Ñ: For when he tries the resolution into elements, his anger finds no foothold, like a mustard seed on the point of an awl or a painting on the air.