The Masters Who Went to India歸竺諸師
1Arinabalma never returns
歸笁諸師廣凾求法高僧傳云.“釋阿離那〔一作耶〕跋摩〔一作□〕新羅人也初希正敎早入中華.思覲聖蹤勇銳彌增,以貞觀年中離長安到五天.住那蘭陁寺多閱律論抄寫具莢.痛矣歸心,所期不遂忽於寺中無常齡七十餘.”
The masters who went to India.
The Biographies of Eminent Monks Who Sought the Dharma, in the 'gwang' case, says this:
"The monk Arinabalma (阿離那跋摩) was a man of Silla. At first, longing for the true teaching, he went early into China.
His heart set on seeing the holy traces, his brave resolve grew ever stronger, and in the Zhenguan years he left Chang'an and reached the five regions of India.
He stayed at Nalanda (那蘭陀寺), read many of the Vinaya and treatises, and copied them onto palm leaves.
How painful, his heart set on returning. What he hoped for he could not achieve, and suddenly he died in the temple, aged seventy-some."
Interlinear notes 2
一作耶
Some write 'ya' (耶).
一作□
Some write it differently, but the character is worn away and cannot be read.
2Two whose very names are lost
継此有恵業·玄泰·求本·玄恪·恵輪·玄逰,復有二亡名法師等,皆忘身順法觀化中天.而或夭於中途,或生存住彼寺者,竟未有能復雞貴與唐室者,唯玄泰師克返歸唐,亦莫知所終.
After him came Hyeeop (惠業), Hyeontae (玄泰), Gubon (求本), Hyeon-gak (玄恪), Hyeryun (惠輪), and Hyeonyu (玄遊), and again two Dharma masters whose names are lost.
All forgot their own bodies, followed the Dharma, and looked upon the teaching in central India.
But some died young on the way, and some lived on and stayed at the temples there, and in the end none was able to return to Gyegwi (雞貴) or to the house of Tang.
Only the Dharma master Hyeontae was able to return to Tang, but where he ended is likewise unknown.
3The name the people of India called Haedong
天笁人呼海東云矩矩吒䃜說羅,矩矩吒言雞也,䃜說羅言貴也.彼圡相傳云,“其國敬雞神而取尊,故戴翎羽而表餙也.”讃曰.天笁天遥萬疊山,可憐逰士力登攀.㡬回月送孤㠶去,未見雲隨一杖還.
The people of India called Haedong Gugutayeseolla (矩矩吒䃜說羅).
'Guguta' is the word for cock, and 'yeseolla' is the word for noble.
It is passed down in that land, "That country reveres the cock spirit and holds it high, so they wear feathers on their heads as adornment."
In praise it is said:
The sky of India is far, its mountains ten thousandfold, How pitiful, the travelers straining to climb. How many times has the moon sent off a lonely sail, Yet none was seen coming back with a single staff, following the clouds.