法華經義記 7.32

7.32

The words "and spoke verses, saying" introduce forty-nine and a half verses, which form the second [part], the restatement in verse. The prose text above fundamentally had two [parts]: first, the causes and reasons for forming the connection; second, the proper forming of the connection. Now, the forty-nine and a half verses are also divided into two: the first twenty-two and a half verses praise the cause above; the second, from "These novices and others, knowing that the Buddha had not yet emerged from dhyāna" onwards, has twenty-seven verses, which praise the proper forming of the connection above.