妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.179

2.179

贊曰：此二頌頌二智。定慧具足，根本後得二智滿故。後得智中以喻講法，講法有四意：一欣樂說法，二化諸菩薩不化二乘，三破十魔眾，四而擊法鼓。擊法鼓者開權顯實，至下當知。魔羅云破壞號也，略云魔。名波卑夜，云惡者，波旬訛也。《雜藏》中佛說魔軍有十，今為頌言：「欲、憂愁、飢渴，　愛、睡眠、怖畏，　疑、毒、及名利，　自高輕慢彼，　汝等軍如是。　一切無能破，　我智箭定刀，　摧坏瓶投水。」或正智擊真如、後智擊俗理，說法發響令眾得聞，此六度中皆具二利。然以布施唯明利他，後慧通彰二利，中四但說自利略無利他之說，實非無也。

Eulogy: These two verses praise the two wisdoms. Because meditative concentration and wisdom are complete, the fundamental and subsequent wisdoms are perfected. Within subsequent wisdom, preaching the Dharma through metaphors has four intentions: first, joyful delight in preaching the Dharma; second, transforming bodhisattvas and not transforming the two vehicles; third, destroying the ten hosts of Māra; fourth, beating the drum of the Dharma. "Beating the drum of the Dharma" means opening the provisional and revealing the real, as will be known below. Māra means "destroyer," abbreviated as mo. His name is Pāpīyān, meaning "the evil one," which was corrupted into Poxun. In the Samyuktapiṭaka, the Buddha taught that Māra's army has ten divisions, which are now stated in verse:
"Desire, sorrow, hunger, and thirst,
Craving, sleep, and fear,
Doubts, poison, fame, and gain,
Self-exaltation and looking down on others—
Such is your army.
None [in the world] can destroy it,
[Yet with] my arrow of wisdom and knife of concentration,
I crush it like casting an earthen jar into water."
Or, fundamental wisdom strikes tathatā while subsequent wisdom strikes conventional truth; preaching the Dharma resounds so that the multitude may hear. Among these six perfections, all possess the two benefits. However, while generosity only clarifies benefiting others, the later wisdom generally displays both benefits; the middle four only speak of self-benefit and omit the mention of benefiting others, though in reality it is not absent.