釋摩訶衍論 4.43

4.43

論曰：根本無明其力最大，能善住持一切染法，譬如大地有勝力故持四重擔，故名為住地。云何為四？一者大海、二者諸山、三者草木、四者眾生，是名為四。勝鬘契經中作如是說：世尊！如是無明住地力，於有愛數四住地，無明住地其力最大，乃至廣說故。

The treatise says: Fundamental avidyā has the greatest power; it can skillfully support and uphold all defiled dharmas, just as the great earth, having superior power, bears the four heavy burdens; hence it is called 'abiding stage.' What are the four? First, the great ocean; second, the mountains; third, grasses and trees; fourth, sentient beings—these are called the four. As is stated in the Śrīmālā-sūtra: World-Honoured One! Such is the power of avidyāvāsabhūmi; among the four stages in the category of attachment to existence, the power of avidyāvāsabhūmi is the greatest, and so on at length.