妙法蓮華經玄贊 6.367

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贊曰：牒退流生死也。「某城」者大乘也。最初一逢已教發趣大乘之心，若定性大乘及上品發心未必退沒，今說不定姓及下品發心故。彼已復經退流生死，故名某城。捨吾逃走。「伶」音郎丁反，與「零」同。《切韻》「伶者樂人」，非此所明。「俜」音匹丁反，三蒼云「伶俜猶聯翩也」。亦孤獨貌，《切韻》「若行不正作竛竮」。「竛」音郎丁反，「竮」音普丁反，亦作彾𢓳。又行不正作跉䟓。跉䟓即令𢶫音。今多作「跉跰」，不知所說。有解云，跉跰，足履危險之貌。亦有本作「跉俜」字，此是孤單之狀。或躡五趣危險辛苦，或孤單辛苦馳流五趣，捨佛等父母，故名曰孤單。義雖可然，不知何據。其「跰」音亦補諍反，與「迸」同。跉不正，迸散也，亦非此義。此中意言，捨父母走，常有不安，失侶孤危，行不能正，怖懼辛苦。

Commentary: This recounts falling back and drifting through samsāra. 'A certain city' is the Mahāyāna. At the very first encounter, he was already taught to generate the mind aspiring toward the Mahāyāna. If one has the determined Mahāyāna nature and superior-grade generation of the aspiration, one does not necessarily fall back and sink; here, it speaks of those of indeterminate nature and inferior-grade generation of the aspiration. Having subsequently fallen back and drifted through samsāra, it is called 'a certain city.' 'Abandoned me and ran away.' The character ling (伶) is pronounced in the fanqie lang-ding, the same as ling (零). The Qieyun says: 'Ling means a musician,' which is not what is explained here. The character ping (俜) is pronounced in the fanqie pi-ding. The San Cang says: 'Lingping is like lianpian (unsteadily flitting).' It also has the appearance of loneliness. The Qieyun says: 'If walking is unsteady, it is written as lingping (竛竮).' Ling is pronounced in the fanqie lang-ding, and ping is pronounced in the fanqie pu-ding; it is also written as lingping (彾𢓳). Furthermore, walking unsteadily is written as lingting (跉䟓). Lingting has the pronunciation of ling-xie. Nowadays it is mostly written as lingpeng (跉跰), without knowing what it refers to. One explanation says: lingpeng is the appearance of feet treading on danger. There are also editions that have the characters lingping (跉俜), which is the state of loneliness. Either it means treading upon the danger and hardship of the five destinies, or it means rushing through the five destinies in lonely hardship, abandoning parents such as the Buddha; hence, it is called lonely. Although the meaning seems plausible, it is not known what authority it relies on. The character peng (跰) is also pronounced in the fanqie bu-zheng, the same as beng (迸). Ling means unsteady; beng means dispersing; this is also not this meaning. The intent here is to say: abandoning parents and fleeing, constantly having unease, losing companions in lonely peril, being unable to walk straight, terrified and distressed.