妙法蓮華經文句 8.77

8.77

就文為二：先明受持，後明勸持。初文復三：一、二萬菩薩奉命此土持經，二、五百八千聲聞發誓他國流通，三、諸尼請記。

As for the text, it has two parts: first, clarifying accepting and upholding; second, clarifying exhorting to uphold. The first text again has three: 1. Twenty thousand bodhisattvas receive the command to uphold the sūtra in this land; 2. Five hundred and eight thousand śrāvakas vow to transmit it in other lands; 3. The nuns request prophecies.