仁王護國般若經疏 2.6

2.6

「復有八百萬億」下，二列緣覺眾。文四：一唱數、二標位、三歎德、四結成。初文可知。「大仙緣覺」者，二標位也。有三差別：一者獨覺。如昔有國王入園遊觀，清旦見樹林花果甚可愛樂。時王食已即便偃臥，王諸婇女皆競採摘毀壞林樹。時王覺已，即悟一切諸法無常。若是以外況內，成大仙緣覺。二者因緣覺。出於佛世，聞十二因緣，斷見思惑。三者小辟支佛。是須陀洹人，在人間生，是時無佛佛法已滅，人中七生天上亦爾，不受八生自悟成道，即成小辟支佛也。

From "There were also eight hundred million" downward, secondly, lists the assembly of pratyekabuddhas. The text has four [parts]: first, declaring the number; second, indicating the rank; third, praising the virtues; fourth, concluding. The first text is understandable. "Great ṛṣi pratyekabuddhas" is the second, indicating their rank. There are three distinctions: First, the solitary realisers (pratyekabuddhas). For example, formerly a king entered a park for sightseeing. In the clear dawn, he saw that the groves, flowers, and fruits were exceedingly lovely. At that time, when the king had finished eating, he then lay down to sleep. The king's various court ladies all competed to pluck and pick them, destroying the groves and trees. When the king awoke, he immediately became enlightened to the impermanence of all dharmas. If one uses the external to infer the internal, one becomes a great ṛṣi pratyekabuddha. Second, those who awaken to conditions (pratyekabuddhas). They appear during the era of a Buddha, hear the twelve links of dependent origination, and sever the afflictions of view and thought. Third, the lesser pratyekabuddhas. These are srotāpannas born among humans at a time when there is no Buddha and the Buddha's Dharma has already been extinguished; having seven births among humans and likewise in heaven, they do not undergo an eighth birth, awakening on their own and achieving the Way, which is achieving [the rank of] a lesser pratyekabuddha.