法華義疏 9.146

9.146

就此品中兩長行、兩偈頌，開為二別：第一、一長行一偈，歎持經人德，令其心悅以勸弘經；第二、一長行一偈歎法，示弘經模軌以勸弘經。初文又二：前長行、次偈。長行為二：第一、前歎二時弟子；第二、次歎兩世法師。歎二時弟子即二：前歎佛在世聞法弟子，次歎佛滅後聞法弟子也。「因藥王告八萬大士」者，

Within this chapter, there are two prose sections and two verse sections, divided into two distinct parts: first, one prose section and one verse section praise the virtues of those who uphold the sūtra, making their minds rejoice so as to encourage propagation of the sūtra; second, one prose section and one verse section praise the Dharma, showing the models and standards for propagating the sūtra so as to encourage propagation of the sūtra. The first text also has two parts: first the prose, next the verse. The prose has two: first, praising the disciples of two periods; second, praising the Dharma masters of two ages. Praising the disciples of two periods also has two: first, praising the disciples who heard the Dharma while the Buddha was in the world; next, praising the disciples who hear the Dharma after the Buddha's extinction. As for "Because of Bhaiṣajyarāja, he addressed the eighty thousand great beings":