妙法蓮華經玄贊 6.204

6.204

贊曰：下有十頌，得惡人果。有二：初七頌有惡報，後三頌無善果。初中有四：三頌惡形容，一頌無依託，二頌薄福祐，一頌橫羅殃。此初也。有十七果：一鈍。二矬，昨和反，短也。三醜陋，盧候反，亦醜也。四𤼣，力員反，手拘病，乃是字，應從此；有作「攣」，非此義，乃是綴鷹拘也。今既是病，應作「𤼣」字。五躄，必益反，手拘名𤼣、脚跛名躄。有作「癖」，腹中癖病，非脚跛。六盲。七聾。八背傴，於武反，背曲不申也。九人不信。十口臭。十一鬼著。十二貧窮。十三下賤。十四他使，所里反。十五多病。十六痟瘦，「痟」音相焦反，渴病名。十七無依怙，胡古反，恃也。或開瘦為一，瘦病與痟病別便成十八。上來一頌意業果，一頌語業果，一頌身業果。由意為導首，引痤陋等故。

The commentary: Below there are ten verses on receiving the retribution of an unfortunate human. There are two parts: the first seven verses describe evil retributions; the last three verses describe the lack of wholesome fruits. In the first part there are four: three verses on an ugly appearance, one verse on having no one to rely upon, two verses on having meager fortune, and one verse on being caught unjustly in disaster. This is the first. There are seventeen retributions: first, dullness; second, dwarfishness, 矬 being zuo-he fan, meaning short; third, ugliness, 陋 being lu-hou fan, also meaning ugly; fourth, contracted limbs, 𤼣 being li-yuan fan, the illness of hands contracted, which is the proper character and should be followed—some write 攣, which does not have this meaning, but refers to binding a hawk's claws, and since this is a disease it should be written 𤼣; fifth, lameness, 躄 being bi-yi fan, contracted hands being called 𤼣 and lame legs being called 躄—some write 癖, which is an abdominal lump and not lameness of the legs; sixth, blindness; seventh, deafness; eighth, hunchbacked, 傴 being yu-wu fan, meaning a bent back that cannot straighten; ninth, not being trusted by others; tenth, foul breath; eleventh, demonic possession; twelfth, poverty; thirteenth, baseness; fourteenth, being enslaved by others, 使 being suo-li fan; fifteenth, many illnesses; sixteenth, emaciation from wasting disease, 痟 being xiang-jiao fan, the name of a thirst disease; seventeenth, having no support or reliance, 怙 being hu-gu fan, meaning reliance. Or, separating emaciation as one, with emaciation distinguished from wasting disease, there would be eighteen. Above, one verse is the retribution of mental karma, one verse is the retribution of verbal karma, and one verse is the retribution of bodily karma. Because the mind acts as the forerunner, it induces dwarfishness, ugliness, and so forth.