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Now, monks, in five hundred ten thousand million lands in the southern region the Brahma kings each observed that his palace was shining with a brilliant light such as had never been in the past. Dancing with joy, entering a frame of mind seldom experienced, they went about visiting with one another and discussing these things together, saying, 'What is the reason our palaces put forth this brilliant light?'
Among their group there was a great Brahma king named Wonderful Law who, on behalf of the multitude of Brahma kings, spoke in verse form, saying:
또 비구들아, 남방으로 오백만억 국토의 대범천왕들이 제각기 자기의 궁전에 광명이 비치는 것을 보고 예전에 없던 일이라 뛸 듯이 기뻐하며 희유한 마음을 내어, 서로 모여 의논하기를 ‘어떠한 인연으로 우리들의 궁전에 이런 광명이 비치는가’ 하였는데 그 대중 가운데 묘법이라는 대범천왕이 있다가 범천의 무리들을 위해 게송으로 말하였느니라.
Our palaces
shine with exceeding brilliance.
This cannot be without reason-
it is well we should inquire.
In the past hundred thousand kalpas
such a sign has never been seen.
It is because some heavenly being of great virtue has been born,
or because the Buddha has appeared in the world.
우리들의 궁전에 광명이 매우 밝게 빛나니 이것은 인연이 있을 것입니다. 이 모습을 마땅히 찾아봅시다. 백천겁이 지나도록 이런 모습을 보지 못하였는데 대덕천이 태어나신 것입니까? 부처님이 세상에 나오신 것입니까?
At that time the five hundred ten thousand million Brahma kings, accompanied by their palaces, each king taking his outer robe and filling it with heavenly flowers, journeyed together to the northern region to observe the signs there. They saw the Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Thus Come One in the place of practice, seated on a lion seat beneath a bodhi tree, with heavenly and human beings, dragon kings, gandharvas, kimnaras, mahoragas, human and nonhuman beings surrounding him and paying reverence. And they saw the sixteen princes entreating the Buddha to turn the wheel of the Law.
그리하여 오백만억 범천왕들은 다함께 궁전과 함께 바구니에 하늘 꽃들을 가득 담아 가지고 북방으로 나아가서 이 모습을 자세히 찾다가 대통지승 여래께서 도량의 보리수 아래 사자좌에 앉아 계시는데, 여러 천인과 용왕과 건달바와 긴나라와 마후라가와 사람과 사람아닌 것들이 공경하며 빙 둘러 서 있는 것과 16왕자가 부처님에게 법륜 굴려주실 것을 청하는 것을 보았느니라.
At that time the Brahma kings touched their heads to the ground and bowed before the Buddha, circled around him a hundred thousand times, and then took the heavenly flowers and scattered them over the Buddha. The flowers they scattered piled up like Mount Sumeru. They also offered them as alms to the Buddha's bodhi tree. When they had finished offering the flowers, each one took his palace and presented it to the Buddha, speaking these words: 'We hope you will bestow comfort and benefit on us. We beg you to accept and occupy these palaces that we present.'
이때 범천왕들이 머리를 조아려 부처님께 예배하고 주위를 백천번 돌며 바로 하늘꽃을 부처님 위에 뿌리니 뿌려진 꽃이 수미산과 같았느니라. 아울러 부처님의 보리수 에도 공양을 하였는데 꽃공양을 마친 후에 각자 궁전을 그 부처님께 받들어 올리며 이렇게 말씀 드렸느니라.
'오직 저희를 불쌍히 여기시어 이롭게 하시고 바치는 궁전을 원하옵건대 받아주십시오'
At that time the Brahma kings, in the presence of the Buddha, with a single mind and joined voices recited these verses of praise:
그러자 범천왕들이 부처님 앞에서 한마음으로 다같이 소리내어 게송을 하였느니라.
World-Honored One, most difficult to encounter,
destroyer of all earthly desires,
one hundred and thirty kalpas have passed
and now at last we can see you.
Living beings in their hunger and thirst
are made full with the rain of the Dharma.
One such as was never seen in the past,
one of immeasurable wisdom,
like the udumbara flower
today at last appears directly before us.
Our palaces because they receive your light
are wonderfully adorned.
World-Honored One, of great mercy and compassion,
we beg you to accept them.
세존을 뵙기가 무척 어렵습니다. 온갖 번뇌를 없애신 분이시여, 일백 삼십겁을 지나 이제야 한번 뵈게 되었습니다. 굶주리고 목마른 중생들에게 법비를 가득히 내려주십시오. 일찍이 뵈옵지 못하였으며 지혜가 한량없는 분이시여, 우담바라 꽃과 같아서 오늘에서야 만나 뵙게 되었습니다. 저희들의 궁전이 빛을 받아서 아름답게 꾸며졌으니 세존이시여, 크게 사랑하고 불쌍히 여기시어 오직 원하옵건대 부디 받아주십시오.
At that time, after the Brahma kings had recited these verses in praise of the Buddha, they each spoke these words: 'We beg the World-Honored One to turn the wheel of the Law and cause the heavenly beings, devils, Brahma kings, shramanas, and Brahmans throughout the world all to gain peace and tranquility and to attain salvation.' At that time the Brahma kings with a single mind and joined voices recited in praise, saying;
범천왕들이 게송으로 부처님을 찬탄한 후 제각기 ‘오직 원하옵건대 세존이시여, 법륜을 굴리시어 일체 세간의 모든 천인과 마와 범천과 사문과 바라문들로 하여금 모두 편안함을 얻어 해탈하게 하여 주십시오’ 하며 한마음으로 다같이 소리내어 게송을 말하였느니라.
We beg the most honored of heavenly and human beings
to turn the wheel of the unsurpassed Law.
Strike the great Dharma drum,
blow the great Dharma conch,
rain down the great Dharma rain all around
to save immeasurable living beings!
We direct all our faith and entreaties to you-
let your profound and far-reaching voice sound out!
오직 원하옵건대 부처님이시여, 위없는 법륜을 굴리시고 큰 법북을 치시며 큰 법소라를 부시고 큰 법의 비를 두루 내리시어 한량없는 중생을 제도하여 주십시오. 저희들이 다함께 귀의하고 청하노니 마땅히 멀고도 깊은 소리로 설하여주십시오.
At that time the Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Thus Come One silently agreed to do so. In the southwestern region, and so an to the lower region, a similar succession of events occurred.
그때 대통지승 여래께서는 묵묵히 허락하셨는데 서남방과 하방까지도 역시 이와 같았느니라.
At that time in the upper region, the Brahma Kings of five hundred ten thousand million lands all observed that the palaces where they were residing shone with a brilliant light such as had never been known in the past. Dancing with joy, entering a frame of mind seldom experienced, they went about visiting one another and discussing these things together, saying, 'What is the reason our palaces puts forth this bright light?'
상방으로 오백만억 국토의 대 범천왕들도 모두다 궁전에 찬란한 광명이 머물러 있음을 보고 예전에 없던 일이라 뛸듯이 기뻐하였으나 이상하게 여기어 곧바로 모여서 이 일을 논하였느니라. ‘어떤 인연으로 우리들의 궁전에 이런 광명이 있는가?’
Among their group there was a Brahma king named Wonderful Law who, on behalf of the multitude of Brahma kings, spoke in verse form, saying:
그때 대중가운데 시기라는 대범천왕이 있다가 범천의 무리들을 위하여 게송으로 말하였느니라.
Now what is the reason
that our places
glow and shine with such authority and virtue,
adorned as never before?
A wonderful sign of this kind
has never been seen or heard of in the past.
It is because some heavenly being of great virtue has been born,
or because the Buddha has appeared in the world.
지금 어떤 인연으로 우리들의 궁전에 전에 없던 찬란한 광명이 비치어 아름답게 꾸며지는가? 이와 같이 좋은 모습을 예전에는 듣지도 못하고 보지도 못하였는데 대덕천이 나신 것인가? 부처님이 세상에 나오신 것인가?
At that time the five hundred ten thousand million Brahma kings, accompanied by their palaces, each king taking his outer robe and filling it with heavenly flowers, journeyed together to the lower region to observe the signs there. They saw the Great Universal wisdom Excellence Thus Come One in the place of practice, seated on a lion seat beneath a bodhi tree, with heavenly beings, dragon kings, gandharvas, kimnaras, mahoragas, human and nonhuman beings surrounding him and paying reverence. And they saw the sixteen princes entreating the Buddha to turn the wheel of the Law. At that time the Brahma kings touched their heads to the ground and bowed before the Buddha, circled around him a hundred thousand times, and then took the heavenly flowers and scattered them over the Buddha. The flowers they scattered piled up like Mount Sumeru.
오백만억 범천왕들이 궁전과 함께 바구니에 하늘꽃을 가득히 담아 다같이 하방으로 나아가 이 모습을 자세히 찾다가 대통지승 여래가 도량의 보리수 아래 사자좌에 앉아 계시는데 여러 하늘과 용왕과 건달바와 긴나라와 마후라가와 사람과 사람 아닌 것들이 공경하며 둘러서 있는 것과 16왕자가 부처님께 머리를 조아려 부처님께 예배하고 주위를 백천번 돌며 하늘꽃을 부처님 위에 뿌리니 뿌려진 꽃이 수미산 같았느니라.
They also offered them as alms to the Buddha's bodhi tree. When they had finished offering the flowers, each one took his place and presented it to the Buddha, speaking these words: 'We hope you will bestow comfort and benefit on us. We beg you to accept and occupy these palaces that we present.'
At that time the Brahma kings, in the presence of the Buddha, with a single mind and joined voices recited these verses of praise:
아울러 부처님의 보리수에도 공양을 하였는데 꽃 공양을 다하고 각자 궁전을 그 부처님께 올리며 ‘저희들을 오직 불쌍히 여기시어 이익되게 하시고 바치는 궁전을 원하옵건대 부디 받아 주십시오’ 하며 부처님 앞에서 일심으로 다같이 소리내어 게송으로 말하였느니라.
How fine, that we may see the Buddhas,
sage and venerable ones who save the world,
capable of rescuing and releasing living beings
from the hell of the threefold world!
Venerable among heavenly and human beings, of universal wisdom,
you pity and have mercy on the mass of burgeoning creatures,
you are capable of opening the gates of sweet dew
and broadly saving one and all.
거룩하십니다. 부처님들을 뵈오니 세상을 구하시는 성스럽고 높으신 분이라서 삼계의 지옥에서 중생들을 부지런히 건져내십니다. 넓은 지혜를 갖추신 부처님께서 어린 싹과 같은 무리들을 불쌍히 여기셔서 감로의 문을 여시고 일체를 널리 구제하십니다.
Formerly, immeasurable kalpas
passed in vain when no Buddha was present.
The time had not yet come for the World-Honored One
to appear,
and all in the ten directions were in constant darkness.
Those in the three evil paths increased in number
and the realm of the asuras flourished;
the multitude of heavenly beings was reduced,
and many when they died fell into the evil paths.
과거의 한량없는 겁이 부처님께서 계시지 않아 헛되이 지나갔습니다. 세존께서 나오시기 전에는 시방이 항상 어둡고 캄캄하여 삼악도는 더욱 더 늘어났고, 아수라도 더욱 왕성해졌으며 하늘 중생들은 점점 줄어들고, 죽어서는 악도에 덜어지는 것이 많아졌습니다.
Since no one could attend the Buddha and hear the Law,
constantly people followed ways that were not good
and their physical strength and wisdom
all diminished and declined.
Because of the sinful deeds they had done,
they lost all delight or the thought of delight.
They rested in heretical doctrines
and had no knowledge of good customs or rules.
Unable to be converted by the Buddha,
constantly they fell into the evil paths.
But now you, the Buddha, who will be the eye of the world,
after this long time have at last come forth.
부처님으로부터 법을 듣지 못하여 항상 선하지 못한 일을 저지르고, 육신과 힘과 지혜 등 이런 것들이 모두 줄어들고 죄업의 인연으로 즐거움과 즐거운 생각까지 잃어버리고 그릇되게 보는 법에 머물러, 바른 예의와 바른 법칙을 알지 못하고, 부처님께서 교화하시는 바를 입지 못하여 항상 악도에 떨어졌습니다. 세상의 눈이신 부처님께서 오랜 세월이 지나서야 나오셨습니다.
In order to bring pity and comfort to living beings
you have appeared it the world.
You have transcended the world to gain correct enlightenment;
we are filled with delight and admiration.
We and all others in the assembly
rejoice, delighting in what we have never known before.
Our palaces because they receive your light
are wonderfully adorned.
Now we present them to the World-Honored One,
hoping he will have pity and accept them.
We beg that the merit gained through these gifts
may be spread far and wide to everyone,
so that we and other living beings
all together may attain the Buddha way.
중생들을 불쌍히 여기셔서 세상에 나오시며, 세상을 초월하여 바른 깨달음을 이루셨습니다. 저희들은 매우 기쁘고 경사스러우며, 다른 일체의 중생들도 기뻐하며 미증유라 찬탄합니다. 저희들의 궁전이 광명을 받아 아름답게 꾸며졌는데, 세존께 받들어 올리니 오직 불쌍히 여기시어 받아 들여 주십시오. 원하옵건대 이 공덕이 두루 일체에게 미치게 하여서 저희와 더불어 중생들도 다함께 불도를 이루게 하여 주십시오.
At that time, after the five hundred ten thousand million Brahma kings had recited these verses in praise of the Buddha, they each spoke to the Buddha, saying: 'We beg the World-Honored One to turn the wheel of the Law, bringing peace and tranquility to many, bringing salvation to many.' Then the Brahma kings spoke in verse form, saying:
오백만억 범천왕들이 게송으로 찬탄한 후 제각기 ‘오직 원하옵건대 세존이시여, 법륜을 굴려 주십시오. 편안함이 많고 제도 받아 해탈함이 많을 것입니다.’하며 다시 게송을 하였느니라.
World-Honored One, turn the wheel of the Law,
strike the Dharma drum of sweet dew,
save living beings in their suffering and anguish,
open up and show us the way to nirvana!
We beg you to accept our entreaties
and with a great, subtle and wonderful sound
to bring pity and comfort by expounding
the Law you have practiced for immeasurable kalpas.
세존이시여, 법륜을 굴리시고 감로의 법북을 치시어 고뇌하는 주생들을 건지시고 열반의 길을 열어 보여 주십시오. 오직 원하옵건대 저희들의 청을 받아들여 불쌍히 여기시어 크고 미묘한 음성으로 한량없는 겁 동안 익히신 법을 널리 설하여 주십시오.