妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.121

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贊曰：四內眷諸尼眾也。梵云耶戍達羅，此云持譽，耶輸陀羅訛也。形容美麗近遠聞知，生育羅睺天人讚詠，故名持譽，「譽」美稱也。相傳釋云，是乾闥婆女，彼生兒為樂神，生女為玉女也。若稱玉女何得有子？又佛出家後，持譽父母欲得將還，明非玉女。《未曾有經》、《須達拏經》、《瑞應經》皆云羅睺是瞿姨之子。佛有三夫人：一瞿姨，二耶輸，三鹿野，各有二萬婇女。瞿姨無子是玉女，彼經從長母為名，亦無過失。又經云佛有三子：一善星，二優婆摩耶，三羅睺。故《涅槃》云「善星比丘，菩薩在家之子」。

The Eulogy says: The fourth is the assembly of nuns of the inner family. In Sanskrit it is Yaśodharā; here it is translated as 'Holder of Renown'. 'Yeshutuoluo' is corrupted. Her physical beauty was known near and far; giving birth to Rāhula was praised by gods and humans, hence she is named 'Holder of Renown'—'renown' means a beautiful reputation. Traditional commentaries explain that she was a Gandharva woman; when they bear sons they are music gods, and when they bear daughters they are jade women. If she was called a jade woman, how could she have a son? Moreover, after the Buddha left the household life, the parents of the Holder of Renown wished to take her back, which clearly shows she was not a jade woman. The Adbhutadharma-sūtra, the Sudāna-sūtra, and the Ruiying jing all state that Rāhula was Gopā's son. The Buddha had three consorts: first, Gopā; second, Yaśodharā; third, Mṛgī; each had twenty thousand court ladies. Gopā had no sons and was a jade woman; those sūtras named him after the senior mother, so there is no contradiction. Furthermore, a sūtra says the Buddha had three sons: first, Sunakkhatta; second, Upamāya; third, Rāhula. Therefore the Nirvāṇa-sūtra says, 'The monk Sunakkhatta was the bodhisattva's son when in the household.'