妙法蓮華經文句 3.4

3.4

初三行問六趣，驗此頌，知上文光照東方是總照他土意也，此頌頌上總問。六趣眾生是能趣之人，生死是所趣之處，善惡業緣是趣因，好醜是趣果也。

The first three lines ask about the six destinies. Testing this against the verse, we know that in the preceding prose the light illuminating the east was an intention to illuminate the other lands in general; this verse versifies the general inquiry above. The sentient beings of the six destinies are those capable of proceeding; birth-and-death is the destination proceeded to; wholesome and unwholesome karmic conditions are the causes of proceeding; and fine or ugly [rebirths] are the results of proceeding.