妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.145

2.145

贊曰：下三頌頌威儀中三事：一頌半雨華，半頌動地，一頌四眾歡喜。此頌雨華，不頌入定，自知不問，眾亦不疑。長行四華，此頌二者，合、離不同，華為栴檀，香風似赤白檀，香氣可遠聞故悅可眾心。地皆嚴淨乃與長行有無不同。

The Commentary says: The following three verses eulogise the three events in the comportment: one verse and a half eulogise the raining down of flowers; half a verse, the quaking of the earth; and one verse, the rejoicing of the four assemblies. Here it eulogises the raining down of flowers but does not eulogise the entering into samādhi, because knowing it oneself one does not ask, and the assembly likewise has no doubt about it. Where the prose has four flowers, this verse text has two; this is a difference in combination and separation. The flowers are of sandalwood, and their fragrant breeze resembles red and white sandalwood; its aroma could be smelled from afar, and therefore delighted the minds of the multitude. The earth all being adorned and purified represents a difference between presence and absence in comparison with the prose text.