般若波羅蜜多心經贊 1.103

1.103

自下第二舉用歎勝。於中有二，初、長行廣釋，後、舉頌結歎。前中有二，初、明自利，後、辨利他，此即初也。所言「呪」者，呪術之名。「明」即妙慧，證空斷障。言要妙術故，以呪言歎其勝用；神用莫測名「大神呪」；遣暗除癡稱「大明呪」；超過二乘故云「無上」；越彼菩薩，佛慧均平，是故重言名「無等等」。

From here on is the second [section], which brings forward its functions to praise its excellence. Herein there are two: first, an extensive explanation in prose; later, citing verses to conclude in praise. Within the former there are two: first, clarifying benefit for oneself; later, distinguishing benefit for others; this is the first. The word 'dhāraṇī' (mantra) is the name for an esoteric incantation. 'Bright' means wondrous insight, realizing emptiness and severing obscurations. Because it is an essential and wondrous technique, it uses the word dhāraṇī to praise its superior functions: its divine functioning being unfathomable is called 'great transcendent dhāraṇī'; dispelling darkness and eliminating ignorance is called 'great bright dhāraṇī'; transcending the two vehicles is therefore called 'unsurpassed'; surpassing those bodhisattvas and being equal to the Buddha's wisdom, it is therefore repeated as 'unequalled'.