法華文句記 2.20

2.20

釋「憍梵」中，初文含四悉故不分之，至後自結。「翻牛呞」者，過去世時曾作比丘，過他粟田摘看生熟，後五百歲作牛償之，今得無學尚有餘習。結四悉名在中間，總釋前後文也。故「又云」去，重釋前四悉意也。次「佛滅」去，重更別釋第一義也。「水說偈」者，論云：「憍梵般提稽首禮，妙眾第一大德僧，聞佛滅度我隨去，如大象去象子隨」。約教中皆著「示」者，若作垂示義兼本迹，若作教示正當約教。約觀心中正用丈夫牛王，而通取白牛引駕。

In explaining “Gavāṃpati,” the opening text contains all four siddhāntas, so it is not divided; at the end, it summarizes them. “Ruminating like an ox”: in a past life, he was once a monk; passing by another’s millet field, he plucked [the grain] to see whether it was raw or ripe; for five hundred years thereafter, he became an ox to repay this debt; now, having attained the stage of an arhat, he still retains the residual habit. The summary of the names of the four siddhāntas is in the middle, broadly explaining both the preceding and following passages. Therefore, from “It is also said” onward, it re-explains the intention of the four siddhāntas. Next, from “the Buddha entered extinction” onward, it separately re-explains the ultimate truth. Regarding “uttering verses over the water,” the treatise says: “Gavāṃpati bows his head in homage / to the saṃgha of great virtues, foremost among the wondrous assembly. / Hearing that the Buddha has entered extinction, I shall follow and depart, / just as when a great elephant departs, the calf follows.” In the classification according to the teachings, all [passages] employ “showing”: if interpreted as manifestation, it combines both origin and traces; if interpreted as teaching and pointing out, it pertains precisely to the teachings. Under the contemplation of mind, it directly employs the bull-king among men, while generally taking the white ox pulling the carriage.