法華義疏 1.363

1.363

有四種梵王。一者、經云「百億日月、百億梵王、百億非想」，此是下品梵王也。二者、《智度論》云「梵王千世界主」，《長阿含》亦然，此是次品也。三者、九地菩薩作梵天王領二千世界，此是上品也。四者、領三千大千世界，此是上上品也。魔王轉輪王亦有二種，《大集經》云「有魔王領三千世界」，《大品》云「化作轉輪王亦領三千世界」，故不可一途而判也。

There are four kinds of Brahmā kings. First, the sūtras say that there are “ten billion suns and moons, ten billion Brahmā kings, and ten billion realms of neither-perception-nor-non-perception”; these are inferior Brahmā kings. Second, the Zhìdù lùn says that “Brahmā kings are lords of a thousand worlds,” and the Dīrgha Āgama also says so; these are middling ones. Third, ninth-ground bodhisattvas act as Brahmā kings ruling over two thousand worlds; these are superior ones. Fourth, ruling over a trichiliocosm; these are the most superior. Māra kings and wheel-turning kings also have two kinds: the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra says that “there is a Māra king who rules over three thousand worlds,” and the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra says that “emanated wheel-turning kings also rule over three thousand worlds.” Therefore, it cannot be judged in only one single way.