仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.654

3.654

解曰：惡鬼惡龍者，惡鬼疾疫、惡龍旱澇風雨不時也。災怪相繼者，眾難競起也。言縱橫者，南北為縱、東西為橫，明其四方有災難矣。從此第二明順生報。

Exposition: 'Evil ghosts and evil dragons': evil ghosts [cause] pestilence, and evil dragons [cause] droughts, floods, and unseasonable wind and rain. 'Calamities and anomalies will succeed one another' means that myriad hardships vie to arise. As for 'far and wide' (zongheng), north and south constitute zong, and east and west constitute heng, explaining that there will be calamities and hardships in the four quarters. From here, the second [part] explains the retribution experienced in the next life.