仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.69

2.69

解曰：舉喻校量。言恒河者，新云殑伽河也。河中多沙，取一一沙數大千界。此多沙界滿中七寶，如常分別。以用布施大千世界一切有情者，彰施廣也。以多沙界所貴七寶，持以布施大千世界六趣四生一一有情，皆悉等施，故經總說一切有情。皆得阿羅漢果者，得勝果也。彼受施者，一切有情發聲聞心修自利行，依舊經云「得七賢四果」，此直舉勝言「羅漢果」，顯所施中至最勝果。從此第二彰信受勝。

Exposition: This adduces a metaphor to make a comparison. As for "the sands of the Ganges," in the new translation it is the Gaṅgā River. There is much sand in the river; one takes great thousand worlds numbering each single grain of sand. These worlds as numerous as the sands are filled with the seven jewels, distinguished as usual. "And bestow them in charity so that all sentient beings of the great thousand worlds" shows the vastness of the giving. With the precious seven jewels of these worlds as numerous as the sands, one bestows them in charity upon every single sentient being among the six destinies and four modes of birth in the great thousand worlds, giving equally to all; therefore, the sūtra speaks generally of "all sentient beings." "All attain the fruit of arhatship" means that they attain a supreme fruit. Those who receive the giving—all those sentient beings—arouse the mind of the śrāvaka and practice conduct for self-benefit. According to the older sūtra, it says "they attain the seven worthy states and four fruits"; here it directly mentions the superior, saying "the fruit of arhatship," revealing the most supreme fruit among the outcomes of what is given. Next is the second: revealing the supremacy of faithful reception.