法華玄義釋籤 1.81

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四「文云」下引證。五「尚非」下引經舉況，尚非別教行位不退所知，況復人天之類？「群」者眾也。「萌」謂種子未剖之相。人天全為無明所覆，故曰群萌。

Fourth, from 'The text states...' downward, it cites scriptural evidence. Fifth, from 'It is not even...' downward, it cites the sūtra to make an analogy: it is not even known by those at the non-retrogressing stage of practice in the Separate Teaching, so how much less by beings of the human and celestial realms? 'Flock' means the multitude. 'Sprouts' refers to the mark of a seed not yet split open. Humans and devas are completely covered by ignorance, hence they are called the flock of sprouts.