[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [般若心經略疏連珠記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713) › 1.17 # 般若心經略疏連珠記 1.17 般若心經略疏連珠記 1.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713.1.17) 「若歷」下，二、別歎真詮顯曲盡妙旨，二：初、通明廣略，二：初、示文。「若歷」等者，謂歷色心等事備陳正理，則有八部二十萬頌。頌有四種：一、阿耨窣覩婆，此云數字頌，不論長行，但數三十二字則云一頌。二、伽陀，此云諷頌，亦云直頌，直以偈頌諷美法門故。三、祇夜，此云應頌，應前長行頌故。四、集施頌，積集法義令誦持故。今即初也。「若撮」下，即略經也。「樞」謂門樞，《爾雅》曰「制扇以柎門傍曰樞。」即俗呼門準是也。又言行乃君子之樞機，蓋言華屋之要、四體之本也，以況八部所詮頓實之旨。斯經盡之，故曰「撮其樞要理盡一十四行」，行即十七字之行耳。《理趣般若．序》云「此經並乃覈諸會之旨歸，綰積篇之宗緒。」清涼曰：「明是六百卷理趣也。」今經亦六百卷之樞要矣。 > From "If traversing" onward: second, separately praising the true exposition to reveal the subtle purport fully exhausted, divided into two: first, universally clarifying the extensive and the condensed, divided into two: first, showing the text. "If traversing" and so forth means that if one traverses the matters of form, mind, and so forth to set forth the correct principle comprehensively, there are eight divisions and two hundred thousand verses. There are four kinds of verses: first, anuṣṭubh, translated here as "counted-character verse"—without regard to prose, simply counting thirty-two syllables is called one verse. Second, gāthā, translated here as "chanted verse" or "direct verse", because it directly uses verses to praise the beauty of the Dharma gates. Third, geya, translated here as "responsive verse", because it responds to the preceding prose in verse. Fourth, collected-giving verse, because it accumulates the meanings of the Dharma to enable recitation and retention. The present case is the first. From "If grasping" onward refers to the condensed sūtra. "Pivot" refers to a door-hinge. The Erya says: "Constructing panels to frame the side of the door is called a pivot." That is what popular speech calls the door-pin. Furthermore, speech and action are the pivot and mechanism of the exemplary person, meaning the essential of a grand hall and the foundation of the four limbs, which is used to illustrate the sudden and real purport expounded by the eight divisions. This sūtra completely covers it; therefore it says, "Grasping its essentials, the principle is exhausted in fourteen lines." A line is simply a line of seventeen characters. The Preface to the Adhyardhaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā says: "This sūtra thoroughly examines the purport and destination of all assemblies, and gathers up the main threads of accumulated chapters." Qingliang said: "It clearly refers to the Adhyardhaśatikā of the six hundred fascicles." The present sūtra is also the essential pivot of the six hundred fascicles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713~en-mt.1.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1713.1.17) · Pramāṇa