妙法蓮華經玄贊 6.313

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贊曰：子悶絕也。情不樂大、無所傷犯，名念無罪。不令我學小、返拘以大乘，名被囚執。菩薩苦行實難可行，過己力分、恐將苦己，名必定死。心彌不樂，名轉惶怖。休心不學退入生死，名悶絕躄地。「地」者，生死處故。「擗」音房益反，撫心也。今既倒地，正應作「躄」。亦有作「僻」，邪僻之義，非此中理。

Commentary: The son fainting. In his disposition, he did not delight in the great, and he had committed no offense, which is called 'thinking myself without guilt.' Not letting me study the small, but conversely arresting me with the Great Vehicle, is called 'being seized and detained.' The austerities of a bodhisattva are indeed difficult to practice, exceeding his own capacity; fearing that they would bring him suffering is called 'I shall surely die.' His heart becoming ever more displeased is called 'becoming increasingly terrified.' Giving up his resolve and not practicing, retreating into birth-and-death, is called 'fainting and falling to the ground.' The 'ground' is the place of birth-and-death. 'Pi' (擗) is pronounced with the fanqie fang-yi; it means beating the breast. Now, since he has fallen to the ground, it properly should be written 'bi' (躄). Some also write 'pi' (僻), with the sense of depraved or crooked, which is not the meaning here.