法華文句記 5.125

5.125

至三周末自有流通廣付菩薩，豈獨身子？如下文中尚不偏付他方菩薩，豈獨身子？法說周末身子初領，自行始成未宜利物，然大旨在佛不須苦論。

When it comes to the end of the three cycles, there is naturally the transmission that broadly entrusts it to the bodhisattvas; how could it be Śāriputra alone? As in the text below, it is not even exclusively entrusted to bodhisattvas of other directions, so how could it be Śāriputra alone? At the end of the cycle of the dharma explanation, Śāriputra had only just grasped it; his own practice had just been completed, so it was not yet appropriate for him to benefit beings. However, the overarching intention rests with the Buddha, so there is no need to debate it bitterly.