第六十五回 · 本是佛寶 The Cassock Is A Buddha Treasure — Journey to the West

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本是佛寶 The Cassock Is A Buddha Treasure

那nà袈jiā裟shā本běn是shì佛fó寶bǎo，上shàng邊biān有yǒu如rú意yì珠zhū、摩mó尼ní珠zhū、紅hóng瑪mǎ瑙nǎo、紫zǐ珊shān瑚hú、舍shè利lì子zi、夜yè明míng珠zhū，所suǒ以yǐ透tòu的de光guāng彩cǎi。他tā見jiàn了le此cǐ衣yī缽bō，心xīn中zhōng一yì喜xǐ，就jiù現xiàn了le本běn像xiàng，拿ná將jiāng過guò來lái，也yě不bù管guǎn擔dàn繩shéng偏piān正zhèng，擡tái上shàng肩jiān，往wǎng下xià就jiù走zǒu。那nà袈jiā裟shā本běn是shì佛fó宝bǎo，上shàng边biān有yǒu如rú意yì珠zhū、摩mó尼ní珠zhū、红hóng玛mǎ瑙nǎo、紫zǐ珊shān瑚hú、舍shè利lì子zi、夜yè明míng珠zhū，所suǒ以yǐ透tòu的de光guāng彩cǎi。他tā见jiàn了le此cǐ衣yī钵bō，心xīn中zhōng一yì喜xǐ，就jiù现xiàn了le本běn像xiàng，拿ná将jiāng过guò来lái，也yě不bù管guǎn担dàn绳shéng偏piān正zhèng，擡tái上shàng肩jiān，往wǎng下xià就jiù走zǒu。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà袈jiā裟shā本běn是shì佛fó寶bǎo，上shàng邊biān有yǒu如rú意yì珠zhū、摩mó尼ní珠zhū、紅hóng瑪mǎ瑙nǎo、紫zǐ珊shān瑚hú、舍shè利lì子zi、夜yè明míng珠zhū，所suǒ以yǐ透tòu的de光guāng彩cǎi。那nà袈jiā裟shā本běn是shì佛fó宝bǎo，上shàng边biān有yǒu如rú意yì珠zhū、摩mó尼ní珠zhū、红hóng玛mǎ瑙nǎo、紫zǐ珊shān瑚hú、舍shè利lì子zi、夜yè明míng珠zhū，所suǒ以yǐ透tòu的de光guāng彩cǎi。

That cassock is by nature a treasure of the Buddha: set on it are a wish-granting pearl, a maṇi jewel, red agate, purple coral, a relic bead and a night-shining pearl — which is why the brightness comes through.

Six items in eighteen graphs, three graphs to each, and the sentence ends by explaining the light rather than valuing the robe — this is an optical note, not a religious one. 舍 is shè in 舍利, the transcription for a relic.

他tā見jiàn了le此cǐ衣yī缽bō，心xīn中zhōng一yì喜xǐ，就jiù現xiàn了le本běn像xiàng，拿ná將jiāng過guò來lái，也yě不bù管guǎn擔dàn繩shéng偏piān正zhèng，擡tái上shàng肩jiān，往wǎng下xià就jiù走zǒu。他tā见jiàn了le此cǐ衣yī钵bō，心xīn中zhōng一yì喜xǐ，就jiù现xiàn了le本běn像xiàng，拿ná将jiāng过guò来lái，也yě不bù管guǎn担dàn绳shéng偏piān正zhèng，擡tái上shàng肩jiān，往wǎng下xià就jiù走zǒu。

At the sight of the robe and bowl his heart lifted. He showed his own shape again, took the thing up, and without troubling whether the carrying-rope sat straight he swung it onto his shoulder and started down.

也不管擔繩偏正 — he did not trouble whether the carrying-rope sat straight. That one clause undoes the whole passage before it: two hundred graphs of not daring to push a window, and then he does not check how the load is slung. 擔 is dàn, the carried load, not the dān of carrying it.

總評 Commentary

This is the chapter's second account of what is in the bundle and by far the more specific. The travel rescript and the bowl were named in the argument on the mountain; here the cassock alone is itemised down to six jewels, and the reason given is optical rather than religious — this is why it shines.

Then, in a single clause, the whole night comes apart. He did not trouble whether the carrying-rope sat straight — and he has just spent a hundred graphs refusing to touch a window in case it creaked.