吉檀迦利 第三十一章

孙祎卓

Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?’

‘It was my master,’ said the prisoner. ‘I thought I could outdo everybody in the world in wealth and power, and I amassed in my own treasure-hose the money due to my king. When sleep overcame me I lay upon the bad that was for my lord, and on waking up I found I was a prisoner in my own treasure-house.’

‘Prisoner, tell me, who was it that wrought this unbreakable chain?’

‘It was I,’ said the prisoner, ‘who forged this chain very carefully. I thought my invincible power would hold the world captive leaving me in a freedom undisturbed. Thus night and day I worked at the chain with huge fires and cruel hard strokes. When at last the work was done and the links were complete and unbreakable, I found that it held me in its grip.’

＂囚人，告诉我，谁把你捆起来的？＂

＂是我的主人，＂囚人说．＂我以为我的财富与权力胜过世界上一切的人，我把我的国王的钱财聚敛在自己的宝库里．我昏困不过，睡在我主的床上，一觉醒来，我发现我在自己的宝库里做了囚人．＂

＂囚人，告诉我，是谁铸的这条坚牢的锁链？＂

＂是我，＂囚人说，＂是我自己用心铸造的．我以为我的无敌的权力会征服世界，使我有无碍的自由．我日夜用烈火重锤打造了这条铁链．等到工作完成，铁链坚牢完善，我发现这铁链把我捆住了．＂