妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.66

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贊曰：此人王眾，佛以住此王城說法故獨舉之。梵云吠題呬弗呾多，古云思惟子，今云吠是勝義，題呬云身，即東毘提訶之名。彼毘提訶男聲中呼，此吠題呬女聲中呼。此是山名，亦是彼山中神名，從彼乞得因以為名，「韋提希」訛也。梵云阿社多設咄路，此云未生怨，「阿闍世」訛也，未生以前已結怨故；亦名折指，由造逆業，聞小乘經懺悔已後，猶墮拍毱地獄，後得獨覺果。《涅槃經》云：「闍王不遇耆婆，來月七日當墮地獄，聞大乘經懺悔已後不墮地獄。」又有經云，懺悔已後得柔順忍。以母標名，故言韋提希子阿闍世王。如《涅槃經》等具陳其事。

The commentary says: This is the assembly of human kings. Because the Buddha resided in this royal city to expound the Dharma, he alone is cited. In Sanskrit it is vaidehīputra. Formerly rendered 'Son of Contemplation', now vai is explained as meaning 'superior', and dehī means 'body', which is the name of eastern Videha. That Videha is pronounced in the masculine gender, whereas this Vaidehī is pronounced in the feminine gender. This is the name of a mountain and also the name of the deity in that mountain; having prayed to that deity and obtained a child, he was named after it; 'Weitihi' is an error. In Sanskrit it is ajātaśatru, which means here 'Unborn Enmity'; 'Ajase' is an error, for enmity was already forged before he was born; he is also named 'Broken Finger'. Because he committed heinous deeds, even after he repented upon hearing the Hīnayāna sūtras, he still fell into the Ball-Bouncing Hell, and later attained the fruit of a pratyekabuddha. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'If King Ajātaśatru had not met Jīvaka, on the seventh day of next month he would have fallen into hell; but after hearing the Mahāyāna sūtras and repenting, he did not fall into hell.' Another sūtra says that after repenting he attained compliant receptivity. Designated by his mother's name, he is therefore called King Ajātaśatru, son of Vaidehī. As in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra and others, the matter is recounted in full.