百喻經(jīng)之八九: 得金鼠狼喻

　　(89) THE GOLD WEASEL

　　昔有一人，在路而行，道中得一金鼠狼，心中喜踴，持置懷中，涉路而進(jìn)。至水欲渡，脫衣置地，尋時(shí)金鼠變?yōu)槎旧摺?/p>

　　Once upon a time, there was a man who found a gold weasel while traveling. He put it inside of his shirt as he leaped for joy. Traveling on, he reached a river where he took off his clothes for crossing. Subsequently, the gold weasel changed into a poisonous snake.

　　此人深思：寧為毒蛇螫殺，要當(dāng)懷去。心至冥感，還化為金。旁邊愚人見其毒蛇變成真寶，謂為恒爾，復(fù)取毒蛇，內(nèi)著懷里，即為毒蛇之所蜇螫，喪身殞命。

　　Nevertheless, the man did not throw it out and kept it in the shirt. Deeply grateful, the snake changed back into pure gold. A stupid man nearby who saw it with his own eyes, took it for granted that it should always turned out that way. He then put a poisonous snake inside of his shirt. He got bitten and died soon after.

　　世間愚人，亦復(fù)如是。見善獲利，內(nèi)無(wú)真心，但為利養(yǎng)，來(lái)附于法，命終之后，墮于惡處，如捉毒蛇，被螫而死。

　　This is also held to be true with the stupid of the world. On seeing those who have done good works and in turn have obtained benefit, people start to attach themselves to Buddhism. They are not motivated by faith but greed. They will finally fall into evil paths after death, like that man died of snakebites.

　　白話：

　　曾有一人，走在路上，途中拾得一只金鼠狼，興奮不已，放在懷中，繼續(xù)跋涉前行。到了水邊，想渡過(guò)去，脫下衣來(lái)，置于地上，轉(zhuǎn)眼間金鼠狼變成了毒蛇。這人考慮了好一會(huì)兒，決定寧可讓毒蛇螫殺，也要懷它渡河。精誠(chéng)所至，冥冥中有了感應(yīng)，毒蛇又化為金鼠狼。傍邊的愚人見毒蛇變成了真寶，以為是必然的事實(shí)，也拿了毒蛇放在懷里，立即就被毒蛇咬了，喪身殞命。

　　世間的愚人就是這樣，見行善獲得果報(bào)，就只為了利養(yǎng)，來(lái)依附于正法，內(nèi)中并不具真心，命終之后，便墮入于惡道，如捉了毒蛇，被咬而死一樣。