妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.72

9.72

贊曰：文殊答。有十六德：一龍；二女；三小；四慧利；五知根；六得總持法，此聞持也；七得定；八了法；九得不退；十辨才；十一慈念；十二具德；十三迅辨；十四所說深遠；十五仁慈謙沖；十六和雅。如上此女速至菩提。「剎那頃」者，時之極小也。《俱舍論》說「百二十剎那，為怛剎那量，臘縛此六十，此三十須臾，此三十晝夜，三十晝夜月，十二月為年，於中半減夜。」華嚴經說「十信菩薩八相成道」，今或說此勸示眾人。《伽耶山頂經》「淨光天子問有幾發心？文殊答有四：一證發心，謂入初地；二行發心，次六地；三不退發心，八九地；四一生補處發心，謂第十地。」今此龍女或即第四發心，化為龍女，小而能學法華，速得菩提。勸獎眾人，非為實爾。《文殊問菩提經》云：「此四中，初過聲聞，次過獨覺，次過不定地，後安住定地。」據增勝為論，不違前經。《法印經》菩提心有七，《發菩提心論》有十發心，〈菩薩地〉有四緣十種發心，恐繁且止。

The Commentary says: Mañjuśrī replies. She possesses sixteen virtues: first, being a dragon; second, female; third, young; fourth, keen wisdom; fifth, knowing the faculties; sixth, obtaining the dhāraṇī teachings, which is retention of what is heard; seventh, obtaining samādhi; eighth, comprehending phenomena; ninth, attaining non-retrogression; tenth, eloquence; eleventh, compassionate regard; twelfth, possessing virtues; thirteenth, swift eloquence; fourteenth, profound and far-reaching exposition; fifteenth, benevolence, compassion, and modesty; sixteenth, harmonious and gentle. Being as above, this girl swiftly arrives at bodhi. “In an instant (kṣaṇa)” is the smallest unit of time. The Abhidharmakośa-śāstra states: “One hundred and twenty kṣaṇas make a tatkṣaṇa; sixty of these make a lava; thirty of these make a muhūrta; thirty of these make a day and night; thirty days and nights make a month; twelve months make a year, among which nights decrease by half.” The Avataṃsaka-sūtra states: “Bodhisattvas of the ten faiths accomplish the path through the eight aspects”; now this may perhaps be expounded to exhort and instruct the multitude. The Gāyāśīrṣa-sūtra says: “The Devaputra Śuddhaprabha asked, ‘How many kinds of generating the [bodhi-]mind are there?’ Mañjuśrī replied, ‘There are four: first, generating the mind of realization, referring to entering the first bhūmi; second, generating the mind of practice, the next six bhūmis; third, generating the mind of non-retrogression, the eighth and ninth bhūmis; fourth, generating the mind of being bound to one more birth, referring to the tenth bhūmi.’” Now this dragon girl may perhaps be at the fourth generation of the mind, manifesting as a dragon girl, young yet able to study the Lotus Sūtra and swiftly attain bodhi. This is to exhort and encourage the multitude, not that it is truly so. The Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā-bodhi-sūtra states: “Among these four, the first surpasses the śrāvakas, the next surpasses the pratyekabuddhas, the next surpasses the indeterminate stages, and the last stably abides in the determinate stage.” Based on discussion of increasing superiority, this does not contradict the former sūtra. The Dharmamudrā-sūtra lists seven bodhicittas, the Bodhicittotpāda-śāstra lists ten generations of mind, and the Bodhisattvabhūmi lists four conditions and ten kinds of generation of the mind; fearing verbosity, we pause here.