妙法蓮華經文句 6.12

6.12

從「長者見子得出火宅」下，第三，有十七行偈，頌上第三等賜大車譬。上文有四：一免難，二索車，三等賜大車，四得車歡喜。今頌亦四：初五行頌免難歡喜；第二，三行，頌索車，第三，七行半，頌等賜，第四，一行半，頌得車歡喜。就初五行頌上諸子免難，又二：初一行，頌免難；次「而自」下，第二，四行，頌歡喜。「坐師子座」者，有二釋：一云，諸子坐座，得出三界故無畏也；二云，是長者坐座，長者見子免難即得無畏，初在門外猶有憂畏故云立，今得出門方坐無畏，故〈方便品〉云「今我喜無畏」。免難文竟。「而自慶」下，第二，四行，頌長者歡喜，如文。「知父安坐」下，第二，三行偈，頌第二索車，如文。「長者大富」下，第三，七行半，頌上第三等賜大車，上文有二章、二廣、二釋，合有五文，今但頌四，不頌廣等心，不頌釋等心。初一行，超頌第四釋大車，屋盛稱庫、地盛曰藏，行具一切法名藏，眼耳六根具一切法名庫（云云）。「次以眾寶物」下，第二，六行偈，頌第三廣大車。次二句頌二章門，「以是妙車」一句，第三，頌第二大車章門。「等賜諸子」一句，第四，頌初等心章門也。「諸子是時歡喜踊躍」下，第四，一行半，頌得車歡喜。「遊於四方」者，乘中道慧，橫遊四種四門、四種四諦，豎遊四十一位、究竟常樂我淨之德，故言嬉戲自在也。

From "The elder, seeing his children emerge from the burning house" onwards, the third [section], there are seventeen lines of verse versifying the above third parable of equally bestowing the great carts. In the text above there were four [points]: first, escaping the peril; second, demanding the carts; third, equally bestowing the great carts; fourth, obtaining the carts with joy. Now the verse also has four: first, five lines versify escaping the peril with joy; second, three lines versify demanding the carts; third, seven and a half lines versify equal bestowal; fourth, one and a half lines versify obtaining the carts with joy. As for the first five lines versifying the children escaping the peril above, there are again two parts: the first line versifies escaping the peril; next, from "and personally" onwards, the second [part], four lines, versifies joy. "Sitting on a lion seat" has two explanations: one says that the children sat on the seats, having emerged from the triple world and therefore being fearless; the second says that the elder sat on the seat, for the elder, seeing the children escape the peril, thereupon achieved fearlessness; earlier, outside the gate, he still had anxiety and fear, hence it says "standing", but now that they have emerged through the gate, he sits in fearlessness, which is why the Expedient Means Chapter says, "Now I am joyful and fearless." The text on escaping the peril is finished. From "personally rejoicing" onwards, the second [part], four lines, versifies the elder's joy, as in the text. From "Knowing that their father was sitting peacefully" onwards, the second [part], three lines of verse, versifies the second [point], demanding the carts, as in the text. From "The elder is exceedingly wealthy" onwards, the third [part], seven and a half lines, versifies the above third [point], equally bestowing the great carts. The text above had two headings, two amplifications, and two explanations, amounting to five textual units in all; now it only versifies four, not versifying the amplification of the impartial mind, nor the explanation of the impartial mind. The first line skips ahead to versify the fourth [point], explaining the great cart: when a building contains them it is called a storehouse (ku), and when the earth contains them it is called a treasury (zang); practices being equipped with all dharmas is called a treasury, and the six sense faculties such as eyes and ears being equipped with all dharmas is called a storehouse (and so forth). From "Next, with various precious substances" onwards, the second [part], six lines of verse, versifies the third [point], the amplification of the great cart. The next two phrases versify the two headings: the phrase "With these wondrous carts" is third, versifying the second heading, the great cart. The phrase "equally bestowed upon the children" is fourth, versifying the initial heading, the impartial mind. From "The children at that time leaped for joy" onwards, the fourth [part], one and a half lines, versifies obtaining the carts with joy. "Sporting in the four directions" means riding upon the wisdom of the Middle Way, horizontally roaming through the four kinds of four gates and the four kinds of Four Truths, and vertically traversing the forty-one stages and the ultimate virtues of eternity, bliss, self, and purity; therefore it is said to be playing freely.