法華經義記 8.65

8.65

「而說偈言」此下有十九行半，是品中第二段，重頌長行。上長行中有五階，今不頌第一舉是非也。今初一行半，先頌第二事本；從「是佛滅後」此下十四行，頌上第三本事也；次有兩行；頌上第四歎經；次兩行，頌上第五獎勸也。上第三中本有二：先明行善惡二因，次明得善惡二果。今十四行中四行頌行因，十行頌得果。就上明行因中有六階，今者唯得頌三種：初三行先頌行善因也；次言「諸人聞已」半行，頌行惡因也；「不輕菩薩」下半行，頌善因也。「其罪畢已」此下十行，頌得果，亦分為二：初有五行頌善果，次有五行頌惡果。上善果中本有二：一者正明善果，二會通。今四行半頌果，半行頌會通。上正明果中本有六，今者唯得頌三：第一第二第三。「時四部眾」下明惡人得果。上長行中本有二：第一正明得果，第二會通。今者一行半頌得果，三行半頌會通。上得果中本有三，今者唯頌第四，「億億萬劫」下兩行，頌長行中第四歎經也。「是故行者」下兩行，頌長行中第五獎勸受持也。

'And spoke in verse' downward has nineteen and a half lines, which is the second section of the chapter, repeating in verse the prose. In the prose above there were five stages; now it does not versify the first, the adducing of right and wrong. Now, the first one and a half lines first versify the second, the origin of the event; from 'after this Buddha passed into extinction' downward, fourteen lines versify the third above, the past event; next are two lines, versifying the fourth above, the praise of the sūtra; next are two lines, versifying the fifth above, the encouragement and exhortation. The third section above originally had two parts: first, clarifying the two causes—the practice of good and evil; next, clarifying the two fruitions—the attainment of good and evil. Now, among the fourteen lines, four lines versify the practice of causes, and ten lines versify the attainment of fruitions. Within the clarification of practicing causes above there were six stages, but here only three kinds are versified: the initial three lines first versify the practice of good causes; next, the half line beginning 'all the people having heard' versifies the practice of evil causes; the half line downward from 'Bodhisattva Sadāparibhūta' versifies the good cause. 'Their sins having been exhausted' downward, ten lines, versifies the attainment of fruitions, also divided into two: first, five lines versify the good fruition; next, five lines versify the evil fruition. Within the good fruition above there were originally two: first, properly clarifying the good fruition; second, the synthesis. Now four and a half lines versify the fruition, and a half line versifies the synthesis. Within the proper clarification of fruition above there were originally six, but here only three are versified: the first, the second, and the third. From 'at that time the fourfold assembly' downward clarifies evil persons attaining the fruition. In the prose above there were originally two: first, properly clarifying the attainment of the fruition; second, the synthesis. Now one and a half lines versify the attainment of the fruition, and three and a half lines versify the synthesis. In the attainment of fruition above there were originally three, but here it only versifies the [third]. From 'for kotis of myriads of kalpas' downward, two lines versify the fourth section in the prose, praising the sūtra. From 'therefore practitioners...' downward, two lines versify the fifth section in the prose, encouraging and exhorting receptive upholding.