妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.152

5.152

贊曰：下六頌半分四：初二頌顯昔說小今大，一頌半歎法勝妙、隨喜，二頌舉他明自作佛生喜，一頌迴向。此初也。「五眾」者，梵云般遮塞建陀，此云五蘊，具十一種積聚義故名之為蘊。今名為眾，眾是聚義，或言五陰，皆乖正名。依三科中五蘊之法以辨四諦，故知初權。今此會說捨權就實，難解之法言少能信，權實相違法深奧故。依《大般若》初轉法輪三乘入道，今據顯相但度聲聞，故言五眾以明權法。「深奧」者，祕藏也，大乘妙故。

Eulogy: The six and a half verses below are divided into four parts: the first two verses reveal the past explanation of the small and the present revelation of the great; one and a half verses praise the excellence and wondrousness of the Dharma and rejoice; two verses cite others to elucidate one's own attainment of Buddhahood and arouse joy; and one verse dedicates merit. This is the first part. As for 'five aggregates' (五眾), the Sanskrit is pañca-skandha, translated here as the five aggregates (五蘊); because they possess eleven kinds of meanings of accumulation, they are called skandha. Here they are called zhong (眾); zhong means 'gathering', or some say 'five obscurations' (五陰), both of which deviate from the correct designation. The Four Noble Truths are distinguished according to the doctrine of the five aggregates among the three categories [of aggregates, bases, and elements], so we know this was the initial provisional teaching. Now in this assembly, the provisional is abandoned in favor of the real, and regarding this difficult-to-understand Dharma, it says 'few are able to believe,' because the provisional and real are mutually contradictory and the Dharma is profound and abstruse. According to the Great Prajñā[-pāramitā], at the first turning of the Dharma wheel the three vehicles entered the path; here, based on external appearances, only the śrāvakas were liberated, hence it mentions the 'five aggregates' to explain the provisional Dharma. 'Profound and abstruse' refers to the secret storehouse, wondrous because of the Great Vehicle.