妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.187

2.187

贊曰：此一頌戒。三業威儀常無缺減，勿輕小罪以為無殃，水渧雖微漸盈大器，深見怖畏及慚愧故。「淨如寶珠」者，一內外無瑕，二戒德圓備，三威光晃曜，四眾所愛樂。由此鵝珠被縛草繫，捨身雁墮知事之前，龍生伊蘭之樹，瓶隨所欲，律儀為本故也。

Eulogy: This one verse praises morality. The deportment of the three actions is constantly free from fault or deficiency; do not make light of small offenses thinking they bring no calamity, for though drops of water are minute, they gradually fill a great vessel, because of seeing them with deep dread and shame. "Pure as precious jewels": first, flawless inside and out; second, endowed with complete precept-virtue; third, having dazzling radiance and splendor; fourth, loved and cherished by all. Because of this, [there are stories of] the goose-pearl, being tied by grass, casting off one's life like the wild goose falling before the overseer, the dragon born in the eranda tree, and the vase yielding whatever is desired, all because the morality of restraint is the root.