爾時，月光童子白佛言：
At that time, the youth Candraprabha addressed the Buddha, saying:
「希有，世尊！如來、應供、正遍知快能善說一切諸法體性平等。此說一切諸法體性平等，菩薩所學；若菩薩於所說三昧能修學者，速得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。世尊！我復樂說。如來！我復樂說。善逝！我欲少有所說。」
"It is rare, Bhagavān! The Tathāgata, Arhat, and Perfectly Enlightened One has quickly and skillfully expounded the equality of the nature of all dharmas. This teaching on the equality of the nature of all dharmas is what bodhisattvas should study. If bodhisattvas can cultivate and study the Samādhi taught here, they will quickly attain anuttara-samyak-saṃbodhi. Bhagavān! I would also like to speak further. Tathāgata! I would also like to speak further. Sugata! I wish to say a few things."
佛言：
The Buddha said:
「童子！樂說便說。」
"O Youth, speak as you wish."
爾時，月光童子在於佛前合十指爪掌向佛住立，稱佛實德，說偈讚曰：
At that time, the youth Candraprabha, with his palm with ten fingers joined together in front of the Buddha, stood facing the Buddha and praised the Buddha's true virtues with verses:
「見生為老、病、死逼，
貪、瞋、癡等常迷惑，
佛本為發菩提心，
願成正覺解眾縛。
"Seeing birth oppressed by old age, sickness, and death,
Constantly deluded by greed, anger, and delusion,
The Buddha originally aroused bodhicitta,
Wishing to attain perfect awakening and liberate all bonds.
善哉！無量劫修行，
住檀調柔護諸過、
持戒、忍辱、勤精進、
善修禪定及智慧。
Sādhu! You have cultivated for immeasurable eons,
Abiding in generosity, gentle and guarding against faults,
Maintaining precepts, patience, and vigor,
Skillfully cultivating concentration and wisdom.
以無悕望棄王位，
妻子、寶貨悉能捨，
頭、目、手、足及壽命，
其心初無有疲厭。
Without any expectations, you have abandoned the throne,
Wife, children, treasures, and all possessions,
Head, eyes, hands, and feet, as well as your life,
Your mind never wearying from the start.
禁戒皎然淨無垢，
捐棄身命常護持，
善能禁制身口意，
歸命善逝調心者。
Your precepts are pure and flawless,
Abandoning your body and life to always uphold them,
Skillfully restraining body, speech, and mind,
I pay homage to the Well-Gone One who tames the mind.
安住智礦忍力中，
設使剜身無忿怒，
以慈血變流出乳，
歸命如來甚奇特。
Abiding in the power of patience amidst the power of wisdom,
Even if someone gouges out your body, you have no anger,
With compassionate blood transformed into flowing milk,
I pay homage to the Tathāgata's wondrous and extraordinary qualities.
成就於力住十力，
以無量智擇諸法，
佛以悲愍於世間，
救濟利益諸異趣。
Accomplishing the powers and abiding in the ten powers,
With immeasurable wisdom discerning all dharmas,
The Buddha compassionately regards the world,
Saving and benefiting all those in different realms.
已知一切法體空，
見諸世間悉虛妄，
悟道契會性無我，
知彼解脫無所脫。
Already knowing all dharmas are empty in nature,
Seeing all worlds are completely false,
Awakening to the path and realizing one's nature is without self,
Knowing liberation is without anything to be liberated.
遠離煩惱及放逸，
降伏魔力及軍眾，
知道無垢無礙智，
說寂無礙清淨法。
Far from afflictions and laxity,
Subduing Māra's forces and armies,
Knowing the unconditioned nature of space and unobstructed wisdom,
He speaks of the quiescent, unobstructed, and pure Dharma.
假使虛空星宿落，
地、海、城邑悉壞滅，
虛空無為性變異，
如來終無不實語。
Even if the stars fall from the sky,
The earth, seas, and cities all perish,
The unconditioned nature of space may change,
But the Tathāgata's words will never be false.
見於苦惱諸眾生，
安住取著分別中，
為彼顯示離取著，
所謂甚深寂滅空。
Seeing suffering sentient beings,
Abiding in grasping and discrimination,
He shows them the way to be free from grasping and attachment,
That is, the profound and tranquil emptiness.
不可思議無數劫，
大雄勇猛久已學，
修學一切無著已，
是故佛無諸過失。
For inconceivable, countless eons,
The Great Hero has long since trained,
Having cultivated all without attachment,
Therefore the Buddha has no faults.
佛所修學一切法，
如所得法為他說，
此非愚癡凡夫地、
又非一切諸外道。
The Buddha's cultivation and learning of all dharmas,
As he has attained the Dharma, he explains it for others,
This is not the ground of foolish ordinary people,
Nor is it all the various non-Buddhists.
心常安住於我想，
是名過失諸凡夫；
若能善知無我法，
無有一切諸過失。
Their minds always abide in the concept of self,
This is called the fault of ordinary people;
If they can well know the Dharma of no-self,
There are no faults at all.
大雄所出真實語，
恒常安住於實法；
安住如是實法已，
復能演說於實語。
The great hero's true words,
Always abide in the true Dharma;
Abiding in such true Dharma,
He can also expound true words.
過去曾修真實行，
乃能稱述於本願，
獲得真實妙果報，
是以能說真實語。
Having cultivated true practices in the past,
He can extol his original vows,
Attaining the true and wonderful recompense,
Therefore he can speak true words.
具足所行真實行，
善能覺於真實際；
如是所修真實行，
歸命人尊大智慧。
Possessing the true practices he cultivates,
He is well able to awaken to the reality limit;
Such true practices he cultivates,
I pay homage to the great wisdom of the Honored One among humans.
其智最勝無倫匹，
智慧具足甚光明，
究竟到於勝智慧，
歸命智慧言說者。
His wisdom is supreme and without equal,
His wisdom is complete and very radiant,
Ultimately reaching the supreme wisdom,
I pay homage to the one who speaks of wisdom.
能與眾生作親友，
久遠修習慈悲心，
善能安住而不動，
不動猶如須彌山。
He can be a friend to sentient beings,
Having cultivated compassion for a long time,
He is well able to abide peacefully and not move,
Like Mount Sumeru that does not move.
天人所師備廣德，
教誡大眾群生類，
善逝甚深勝智慧，
處眾無畏而震吼。
The teacher of devas and humans, endowed with extensive virtues,
Instructs the great assembly of sentient beings,
The Sugata, with profound and supreme wisdom,
Abides in the assembly without fear and roaring like a lion.
如是無畏師子吼，
如師子王威雄猛，
降伏一切諸外道，
猶如師子摧野干。
Such fearless lion's roar,
Like the lion king's majestic and fierce,
Subduing all the various non-Buddhists,
Like the lion defeating the jackal.
大雄善能降不調，
所調復能善調御，
能令成就為善友，
安住堅固而不壞。
The great hero is well able to subdue the unruly,
Those who are tamed he also tames well,
Causing them to attain accomplishment as good friends,
Abiding firmly and not being destroyed.
見彼苦惱諸眾生，
最極依止於我見，
為其演暢無我法，
無有貪愛及不愛。
Seeing the suffering of all sentient beings,
They rely on the view of self to the utmost,
He expounds the Dharma of no-self for them,
Without any love or hate.
不學愚癡凡夫人，
依止嶮難不善徑，
為彼顯示真實道，
所謂趣向涅槃路。
They do not study with the foolish and ordinary people,
Who rely on dangerous and unwholesome paths,
But they reveal the true path for them,
Which is the path leading to nirvana.
若有取著我想者，
彼即住於極苦惱，
以其不解無我法，
謂能滅除苦惱處。
If there is attachment to the idea of self,
They will dwell in extreme suffering,
Because they do not understand the Dharma of no-self,
Which can eliminate places of suffering.
不可思議劫數中，
大智久已曾修學；
修學遠離取著已，
是故無有諸過惡。
For inconceivable numbers of eons,
The great wisdom has long been cultivated and trained in;
Having cultivated and left behind attachment,
Therefore there are no faults.
演說離過諸法句，
世尊遠離於諸過，
善說真實微妙語，
口能解脫百種畏。
They expound the phrases of Dharma free from faults,
The Bhagavān is far removed from all faults,
Skillfully speaking true and subtle words,
His mouth can liberate a hundred kinds of fear.
無量那由百千億，
天、龍、夜叉住虛空，
愛樂無上最聖法，
聞者靡不合真義。
Innumerable nayutas of hundreds of thousands of billions
Of devas, nāgas, and yakṣas dwell in space,
Delighting in the unsurpassed most noble Dharma,
Those who hear it all accord with true meaning.
如來善美歡喜語，
溫潤合時稱悅意，
和合無量微妙音，
憐愍解脫無數人。
The Tathāgata's joyful words are good and beautiful,
Soft and harmonious, timely and pleasing to the mind,
Harmonising innumerable subtle sounds,
Compassionately liberating countless people.
伎樂音聲百千種，
一時奏擊相和合，
悉是天中悅樂聲，
如來一音能映蔽；
A hundred thousand kinds of musical sounds
Simultaneously played in harmony,
Would all delight the devas,
But the Tathāgata's single sound surpasses them all;
迦陵頻伽諸鳥眾，
同時共發微妙聲，
能令他人生欣樂，
於佛音聲非少分；
The various birds, such as the kalaviṅka,
Simultaneously emit subtle sounds,
Causing others to be joyful,
But that is not a fraction of the Buddha's sound;
擊發歡喜之音樂，
善合一切諸管弦，
吹貝、鼓、笛、琴、箜篌，
於佛音聲悉不現；
The music that delights and arouses,
Well harmonising with all kinds of instruments,
Blowing conches, beating drums, playing flutes and zithers,
All do not appear in the Buddha's sound;
緊那羅王歌舞音，
已曾善學百千樂，
若得聞者咸歡喜，
於佛音聲悉不現；
The singing and dancing of the kiṃnara king,
Already well trained in a hundred thousand kinds of music,
If heard, all are joyful,
But the Buddha's sound does not so appear;
拘翅、鸚鵡、舍利聲，
孔雀、哀鸞、鴛鴦等，
所有一切美音鳥，
於佛音聲悉不現；
The sounds of the kinnaras, parrots, and śārikas,
Peacocks, swans, and geese,
All the beautiful sounds of birds,
All do not appear in the Buddha's sound;
可愛悅樂美妙音，
世間所有善歌詠，
悉來集聚同時發，
佛聲最勝殊過彼。
The beautiful and wonderful sounds that are delightful,
All the good songs in the world,
All gathered together and simultaneously emitted,
Would be surpassed by the Buddha's sound, which is most excellent;
諸天、夜叉、修羅王，
三界所有群生類，
其中最勝上妙身，
佛放一光悉映蔽。
The devas, yakṣas, and asura kings,
All the various kinds of beings in the three realms,
Among those with the most excellent and sublime bodies,
The Buddha emits a single light that outshines them all;
如來色身如花敷，
一切相好以嚴飾，
出生福果甚清淨，
光明顯照於十方。
The Tathāgata's physical body is like a blooming flower,
Adorned with all the marks and minor marks,
Producing the fruits of blessings that are extremely pure,
Shining and illuminating the ten directions;
鼛、𪔵、䗍、鼓、箜篌音、
銅、鈸、笙、簫美妙聲，
如是諸音相和合，
百分不及佛一音；
The sounds of bells, chimes, flutes, and harps,
The beautiful sounds of cymbals, gongs, and zithers,
All these sounds harmonised together,
Would not equal a hundredth of the Buddha's single sound;
乾闥、修羅、摩睺等，
夜叉所有美妙聲，
并及三界諸妙音，
於佛百分不及一。
The kiṃnara, asura, and mahoraga,
The beautiful sounds of the yakṣas,
And all the wonderful sounds in the three realms,
Would not equal a hundredth of the Buddha's.
梵天所有諸光明，
及諸有頂天身光，
世尊若放一光明，
餘光百分不及一。
The light of Brahmā and all the devas,
And the light of the devas of the highest heaven,
If the Bhagavān emits a single light,
The other lights are not even a hundredth.
身、口、意業皆清淨，
布施淨故世不染，
功德寶聚人中王，
自然功德無等等。」
His body, speech, and mind are all pure,
His pure giving is not tainted by the world,
The king among humans, a treasure of virtues,
His natural virtues are unequaled."
讚歎十力實語已，
童子歡喜作是言：
「以我供養佛法王，
願此福成釋迦文。」
Having praised the Ten-Powered One with true words,
The youth joyfully spoke these words:
"With my offerings to the Dharma King,
May this merit be fulfilled, O Śākyamuni."
佛知彼勝最淨行，
善逝于時起微笑，
彌勒覩笑而請問：
「惟願人尊說笑緣。」
The Buddha knew his supreme pure conduct
And at that time rose from his seat with a smile.
Maitreya, seeing the smile, requested:
"Please explain the reason for the smile."
其時大地六種動，
天、龍歡喜住虛空，
欣悅瞻仰兩足尊：
「請為我說笑因緣。
At that time, the great earth shook in six ways,
The nāgas and devas rejoiced, dwelling in the sky,
Looking up with joy at the Bhagavān:
"Please explain the reason for your smile.
諸佛智慧所了知，
非佛弟子聲聞地，
今欲安誰最勝道？
惟願憐愍為我說。
The wisdom comprehended by the Buddhas
Is not at the stage of the Buddha's śrāvaka disciples.
Now, who will be established in the supreme path?
Please explain it out of compassion.
惟除慈悲牟尼尊，
一切世間無堪者，
堪能授於法王位，
願為授於菩提記。
Except for the compassionate Bhagavān,
No one in all the worlds is capable.
Capable of bestowing the position of Dharma King,
Please bestow the prediction of enlightenment.
我今善問世導師，
釋迦牛王大威德，
已度智慧光明岸，
除斷貪、瞋、癡穢過。
We now ask the Bhagavān,
The great and majestic bull of the Śākyas,
Who has already crossed the shore of the light of wisdom,
Eliminating the defilements of greed, anger, and delusion.
不可思議恒沙億，
導師爾所劫修行，
為求勝妙菩提行，
為何因緣而現笑？
Inconceivable, countless billions of eons,
The Guide practiced for that long,
Seeking the supreme and wondrous practices of enlightenment,
For what reason did he smile?
能捨自身手、足等、
妻子、眷屬、餘親愛，
常能修行是勝行，
是故我問牟尼尊。
He was able to abandon his own hands and feet,
Wife, children, relatives, and other loved ones,
And always practiced these supreme practices,
Therefore I ask the Muni.
象、馬、車乘及牛、羊、
奴婢、摩尼、真珠金，
不見所有諸珍物，
行菩提時而不捨。
Elephants, horses, chariots, cows, and sheep,
Servants, maṇi, pearls, and gold,
All the treasures that exist,
When practising for bodhi, they are not abandoned.
其智最勝悉顯現，
知諸眾生之所行，
心信性欲已善知，
願說何緣而現笑？
Their wisdom is supreme and all revealed,
Knowing the practices of all sentient beings,
Their minds believe in nature and desires, and they know well,
Please explain the reason for the smile.
誰曾供養人中尊？
誰復今成廣大利？
誰能受行佛所行？
為誰而能現此笑？
Who has once made offerings to the honored among humans?
Who has now attained extensive benefits?
Who can practice what the Buddha practices?
For whom can you manifest this smile?
其地于時六種動，
億妙蓮花從地出，
其花光耀具億葉，
金色熾盛甚可愛。
At that time, the earth shook in six ways,
A billion wonderful lotus flowers emerged from the earth,
Their flowers were radiant with billions of petals,
Golden in color, blazing and extremely lovely.
佛子處彼蓮花上，
菩薩第一大神足，
無量法師而雲集，
是以我作如是問。
The Buddha's disciples were on top of those lotus flowers,
The foremost great supernatural powers of the bodhisattvas,
Innumerable Dharma masters gathered like clouds,
Therefore I ask in this way.
擊鼓、鳴鐃、吹貝音，
伎樂億數如恒沙，
如是等輩諸音樂，
佛聲於中最殊妙。
Drums, bells, and conch sounds,
Musical instruments numbering billions like the Ganges sands,
Such kinds of musical sounds,
The Buddha's voice is most sublime among them.
拘翅、頻伽、鵞鶴等，
眾鳥一時而雲集，
俱時各出美妙音，
於佛音聲非其比。
Kuśa, pheasant, and swans,
Flocks of birds gathered together at the same time,
Each emitting beautiful and wonderful sounds,
Would not be comparable to the Buddha's voice.
誰往行檀持禁戒，
無量億劫而修習？
誰復供養人中尊？
牟尼為誰而現笑？
Who has gone to practice giving and keeping precepts,
Cultivating for countless billions of eons?
Who has made offerings to the honored among humans?
For whom does the Muni manifest a smile?
誰昔起大恭敬心，
已曾請問兩足尊？
何因緣故得菩提，
而今便現是笑耶？
Who in the past gave rise to a great respectful mind,
And once asked the honoured among humans?
For what reason did you attain bodhi,
And now manifest this smile?
所有過去十力尊，
及今現在、未來世，
天人導師悉了知，
是故我問人中塔；
All the ten-powered ones of the past,
And those of the present and future,
The guides of devas and humans fully understand,
Therefore I ask about the stūpa among humans;
能知眾生心次第，
於其神足而不減，
又知眾生心所樂，
是故我問牟尼師；
They know the sequence of sentient beings' minds,
And their supernatural powers are not diminished,
Also knowing sentient beings' preferences,
Therefore I ask about the muni;
修行無上最勝行，
因相應法已善學，
佛菩提道云何得？
是故我問兩足尊；
They cultivate the supreme and most excellent practices,
And have already well learned the corresponding Dharma,
How does one attain the Buddha's path of enlightenment?
Therefore I ask about the honoured ones among bipeds;
諸法微細難可見，
空寂難稱不思議，
修行十力之所行，
是以我問世大師；
The subtle Dharma is difficult to see,
Empty and tranquil, inconceivable,
They cultivate the practices of the ten powers,
Therefore I ask about the great teachers of the world;
若能善修慈悲心，
於不思議眾生所，
常不起諸眾生想，
是故我問兩足尊；
If they can skillfully cultivate the mind of compassion,
Among inconceivable sentient beings,
They never give rise to the thought of sentient beings,
Therefore I ask about the honoured ones among bipeds;
所行境界難思議，
於其邊底不可得，
已能度於心境界，
是故我問兩足尊。
Their realm of activity is inconceivable,
Its boundaries and depths cannot be found,
They have already transcended the realm of mind,
Therefore I ask about the honoured ones among bipeds;
布施、持戒已究竟，
智者明淨了三世，
遠離一切諸過惡，
為何義故現是笑？
They have perfected giving and morality,
The wise and pure understand the three times,
Far removed from all faults and evils,
For what reason do you manifest this smile?
舍利、目連、居律多，
及諸如來餘弟子，
非是彼等所行地，
惟佛境界最無上。
Śāriputra, Maudgalyāyana—Kaulita,
And the other disciples of the Tathāgata,
This is not the ground they traverse,
Only the Buddha's realm is supreme;
於一切法到彼岸，
諸有所學已究竟，
導師起發大悲愍，
宣暢微妙第一音。
They have reached the other shore of all dharmas,
And have perfected all that is to be learned,
The guide arouses great compassion,
And expounds the subtle and supreme sound;
過去無量僧祇劫，
亦曾問於如是義，
得為救世之親尊，
今既證果為我說。
Innumerable asaṃkhyeya eons ago,
Those who also asked about this meaning,
Attained the state of a venerable and compassionate saviour,
Now that they have attained fruition, please explain it for us.
夜叉、羅剎、龍、槃荼，
瞻仰兩足最勝尊，
一切恭敬合掌住，
咸疑世尊何緣笑。
Yakṣas, rākṣasas, nāgas, and kumbhāṇḍas,
Gazing up at the supremely honoured one among bipeds,
All respectfully join their palms and stand here,
Wondering why the Bhagavān smiled.
多菩薩眾悉雲集，
具足神通多億剎，
如來心生最長子，
一切恭敬而合掌。
The multitude of bodhisattvas gather like clouds,
With countless billions of spiritual powers,
The Tathāgata's mind gave birth to them as their eldest son,
All respectfully joined their palms.
世尊導師非無緣，
最勝丈夫而現笑，
微妙語言鼓音聲，
以何因緣而現笑？
The Bhagavān, the guide, had no reason,
The supreme, great man showed a smile,
With subtle words and the sound of a drum,
What was the reason for showing a smile?
香象菩薩東方來，
從彼阿閦佛世界，
那由菩薩眾圍遶，
為問釋迦故來此。
Gandhahastin Bodhisattva came from the east,
From that Akṣobhya Buddha's world,
Surrounded by countless bodhisattvas,
To ask Śākyamuni this question.
又復安樂妙世界，
觀音菩薩、大勢至，
那由菩薩眾圍遶，
來問兩足釋師子。
Again, from the world of Sukhāvatī,
Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta,
Surrounded by countless bodhisattvas,
Came to ask the biped Śākyamuni.
過去無量億佛所，
供養無邊諸如來，
猶如大海中沙數，
為行無上勝菩提。
In the past, countless billions of buddhas,
Made offerings to countless tathāgatas,
As numerous as the sands of the great ocean,
To practice for the highest and supreme bodhi.
一切諸佛所嗟歎、
於菩薩德已究竟、
十方世界悉聞知，
文殊師利住合掌。
All the buddhas praise him,
The virtues of the bodhisattvas he has already perfected,
In the worlds of the ten directions, all hear and know,
Mañjuśrī stands with palms joined.
遊行那由他佛剎，
如是勝徒難可見，
佛子功德已善學，
一切合掌恭敬住。
Traveling to countless buddha lands,
Such a supreme assembly is difficult to see,
The Buddha's sons, virtuous and well-learned,
All respectfully stand with palms joined.
根器最勝餘更無，
如是調伏柔軟者，
能持一切佛法藏，
願為宣說和潤語。
The most supreme vessel, none other,
Such a gentle and subdued one,
Can uphold all the Buddha's Dharma treasury,
Please speak with pleasing and harmonising words.
世尊導師非無緣，
最勝丈夫而現笑，
微妙鼓音願演說，
以何因緣而現笑？
The Bhagavān, the guide, had no reason,
The supreme, great man showed a smile,
With subtle words and the sound of a drum,
What was the reason for showing a smile?
拘翅、鴝鵒、鵝、孔雀、
雷霆牛王聲震吼：
願出天樂美妙音，
惟願演說增樂語，
Cuckoo, the mynah, the goose, the peacock,
The thundering voice of the king of bulls, the roar:
May the heavenly music of exquisite beauty emerge,
May you expound words that increase joy,
善集慈悲離諸過，
智慧現前斷愚癡。
顯真實義離文字，
於百千劫已修持，
Well-accumulated compassion free from all faults,
With wisdom present, and delusion cut off.
Revealing the true meaning, free from words,
He cultivated for hundreds of thousands of kalpas,
決定空寂知諸有，
顯示苦滅諸句義。
能壞一切外道智，
空無眾生及壽命，
Definitely empty and quiescent, knowing all existences,
Revealing the meaning of the cessation of suffering.
Capable of destroying all non-Buddhist knowledge,
Empty, without sentient beings or soul,
諸佛修行百千行，
百千種福而莊嚴。
百千諸天咸讚歎，
百千諸梵亦復然，
The Buddhas cultivate hundreds of thousands of practices,
Adorned with hundreds of thousands of kinds of blessings.
Hundreds of thousands of devas all praise him,
Hundreds of thousands of Brahmās also do so,
夜叉、羅剎等淨心，
摩睺、金翅龍欣喜。
口常宣說無滯礙，
淨妙業果之所起。
Yakṣas, rākṣasas, and others with pure minds,
Mahoragas and garuḍas are joyful.
The mouth always speaks without obstruction,
Arising from pure and wondrous karmic fruits.
所有諸佛滅度者，
及今現在、未來世，
一切了知無障礙，
從諸功德之所生。
All Buddhas who have passed away into cessation,
Those who, in the present and future worlds,
Comprehend all without obstruction,
Arise from all merits.
大海、大地及諸山，
一切咸皆六種動。
諸天、修羅、龍、摩睺，
散諸上妙勝香花，
The great ocean, the great earth, and the mountains,
All shake in six ways.
The devas, asuras, nāgas, and mahoragas
Scatter the most excellent and supreme fragrant flowers,
斷除貪、瞋及惛慢，
尸羅心意悉清淨。
寂靜音聲稱無想，
大聖如是師子吼。
Cutting off greed, anger, and arrogance,
Morality, mind, and intention are all pure.
The sound of quiescence is called non-thought,
The great sage thus roars like a lion.
具足辯才廣名稱，
於眼、於法善平等，
世間無等亦無過，
惟願大悲說笑義。
Possessing eloquence and extensive renown,
Equal in the eyes and in the Dharma,
Incomparable in the world and without surpassing,
May you compassionately explain the meaning of your smile.
拘翅、頻伽及孔雀、
命命等鳥妙音聲，
一時共發甚可愛，
於佛少音非為譬；
The sounds of the cuckoo, the pheasant, the swan, and the peacock,
The exquisite sounds of the kalaviṅka bird,
All produced at once, extremely delightful,
Are not comparable to a slight sound from the Buddha.
大鼓、金鉦及諸鼙、
䗍貝、簫、筑、琴、箜篌，
千種音樂俱時作，
於佛少音非為譬；
The sounds of thousands of kinds of heavenly music,
And the exquisite songs of the heavenly maidens,
Assembled together, harmonising and producing love in people,
Are not comparable to a slight sound from the Buddha.
諸天千種美音樂、
及諸天女妙歌聲，
眾集相和生人愛，
於佛少音非為譬。
The beautiful music of a thousand kinds from the heavens
And the wonderful songs of the heavenly maidens
Are harmoniously gathered together, giving rise to love in people
But are not comparable to a slight sound from the Buddha.
救世導師以一音，
隨信種種發異解，
一切皆謂佛為己，
願大沙門說笑緣。
The Bhagavān with one sound
Causes various understandings to arise according to their faith
And makes all think that the Buddha is speaking to them;
Please explain the reason for the great śrāmaṇa's smile.
諸天及龍妙音聲，
迦樓、乾闥、毘舍闍，
是等不能滅煩惱，
唯佛音聲能斷除。
The wonderful sounds of the devas and nāgas
And the kinnaras, gandharvas, and piśācas
Cannot extinguish afflictions
But the Buddha's sounds can cut them off.
雖復起愛心無染，
行慈便能離瞋過，
能生智慧離愚癡，
能如是者離諸垢。
Although they give rise to loving minds without defilement
They practise compassion and are able to leave behind the faults of anger
They give rise to wisdom and leave behind delusion
Those who can do this leave behind all defilements.
佛音不出於眾外，
能斷百種諸所疑，
於其音聲無高下，
牟尼妙聲寂平等。
The Buddha's sounds do not go beyond the assembly
They can cut off a hundred kinds of doubts
In their sounds there is no high or low
The Muni's wonderful sounds are tranquil and equal.
假使三千界散壞、
大海一念盡枯涸、
日月可令墜落地，
世雄終無不實語。
Even if the trichiliocosm were destroyed
And the great ocean dried up in an instant
The sun and moon could fall to the ground
But the Bhagavān would never speak falsely.
語言清淨六十種，
吼音深美無所畏，
如來梵言願為說，
寂靜何緣而現笑？
His speech is pure with sixty kinds,
His roar is deep and beautiful without fear
Please speak with Tathāgata's Brahmā-like voice:
Why did you manifest a smile in tranquility?
一切三有群生類，
悉能了知彼所行，
過去、現在及未來，
人尊願為說笑緣。
All the various beings in the three realms:
You are able to fully understand their conduct
In the past, present, and future,
Please explain the reason for the smile, O Honored One among humans.
所有如來大悲者，
於諸力中得究竟，
如來淨月圓滿面，
終非無緣而現笑。」
All the greatly compassionate Tathāgatas
Have attained perfection in the powers
The Tathāgata's pure moon-like face
Is never without reason for manifesting a smile."