妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.108

4.108

贊曰：此一頌半頌前標中隨宜所說意趣難解，略由五義：一鈍根難悟，二樂小怖大，三耽生死不怖出世，四逢緣不修，五現眾苦迫。由此五義為說涅槃，以鈍根故著於生死，雖逢諸佛往日已化，不行大乘深妙之道，由行惡故退還受苦，由勸離苦故初為說二乘涅槃，故〈信解品〉最初逢佛退流生死，後化二乘，正與此同。

The commentary says: This verse and a half versifies the earlier proposition that what is expounded in accordance with what is fitting has an intent that is difficult to understand, briefly due to five meanings: first, having dull faculties, they are difficult to awaken; second, delighting in the small, they fear the great; third, indulging in saṃsāra, they do not fear [failing to attain] world-transcendence; fourth, encountering conditions, they do not cultivate; fifth, they are oppressed by present manifold sufferings. Due to these five meanings, he expounded nirvāṇa for them: because of their dull faculties they cling to saṃsāra, and although they encountered buddhas and were already transformed in past days, they did not practice the profound and marvelous path of the Mahāyāna; because they practiced evil they fell back to undergo suffering again, and to exhort them to leave suffering, he first expounded the nirvāṇa of the two vehicles for them. Therefore, in the 'Faith and Understanding Chapter', initially encountering the Buddha, falling back into the stream of saṃsāra, and later being transformed through the two vehicles is precisely identical to this.