法華經義記 8.90

8.90

今且明第一歎中有二，即問、答為二也。今明佛答中自有兩段：第一先依名歎，第二從「無盡意若有人受持六十二億」下，名為格量歎也。依名歎中有四：第一先歎觀世音；第二「若有眾生多於婬欲」下歎觀世意；第三「若有女人設欲求男」下歎觀世身；第四「是故眾生皆應受持」下，結勸受持也。就第一觀世音中自有三：第一「若有無量百千萬億眾生受諸苦惱」下，總明觀世苦聲；第二「若有受持觀世音菩薩名者」下，別明觀世音救七種難；第三「無盡意觀世音菩薩威神之力」下，總結歎也。第二救七種難者：第一「若有持是觀世音菩薩名者」下一行半，救火難。第二「若為大水所漂」下減一行，救水難。第三「若有百千萬億眾生」下五行半，明救風難，此中雖通羅剎未明羅剎也；風本無色，正明此風吹起黑色，故言黑也。第四「若復有人臨當被害」下減兩行，救刀杖難。第五「若三千大千」下兩行半，救羅剎難。第六「設復有人若有罪」下兩行，救枷鎖難。第七「若三千大千國土」下六行餘，救盜賊難也。「無盡意是觀世音菩薩竟巍巍如是」，是第三總結歎觀世音也。

Now, to explain the first [section, the] praise, it has two parts: that is, question and answer constitute the two. Now, in the Buddha's answer there are naturally two sections: first, praising based on the name; second, from "Akṣayamati, if someone receptively upholds sixty-two koṭīs" onwards, named praising through comparison. In praising based on the name, there are four parts: first, praising the contemplation of the world's sounds; second, from "If there are sentient beings with much lust" onwards, praising the contemplation of the world's mental actions; third, from "If there is a woman who wishes to seek a son" onwards, praising the contemplation of the world's physical actions; fourth, from "Therefore, sentient beings should all receptively uphold" onwards, concluding by exhorting receptive upholding. Within the first, contemplating the world's sounds, there are naturally three parts: first, from "If there are immeasurable hundreds of thousands of ten thousands of koṭīs of sentient beings suffering various distresses" onwards, generally explaining the contemplation of the sounds of the world's suffering; second, from "If there are those who receptively uphold the name of Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara" onwards, specifically explaining Avalokiteśvara rescuing from the seven kinds of perils; third, from "Akṣayamati, the power of Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara's awesome supernatural authority" onwards, general concluding praise. As for the second, rescuing from the seven kinds of perils: first, one and a half lines below "If there is one who upholds this Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara's name," rescuing from the peril of fire; second, less than one line below "If carried away by a great flood," rescuing from the peril of water; third, five and a half lines below "If there are hundreds of thousands of ten thousands of koṭīs of sentient beings," explaining rescuing from the peril of wind—though rākṣasas are mentioned here, rākṣasas are not yet explicitly explained; wind originally has no colour, but this refers precisely to this wind blowing up a black colour, hence called "black [wind]"; fourth, less than two lines below "If there is another person on the verge of being harmed," rescuing from the peril of swords and staves; fifth, two and a half lines below "If in the trichiliocosm," rescuing from the peril of rākṣasas; sixth, two lines below "Supposing there is another person, whether guilty or not," rescuing from the peril of fetters and chains; seventh, more than six lines below "If in the lands of the trichiliocosm," rescuing from the peril of thieves and bandits. "Akṣayamati, this Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara is majestic to such an extent" is the third, the general concluding praise of Avalokiteśvara.