妙法蓮華經玄贊 7.3

7.3

The commentary says: In the prose, four people received the understanding together; that Kāśyapa alone delivers the verses is because he was the most senior in age, expressed the assembly's intention, and implicitly manifested that the others also spoke in verse. Below there are eighty-six and a half verses, divided into two: first, seventy-three and a half verses versify the previous three passages; thirteen verses from "The World-Honoured One's great grace..." downward belong to the third section of the chapter, expressing gratitude for the Buddha's profound grace. The first text has three parts: first, two verses versify the Dharma teaching; next, forty-one verses versify the parable; finally, thirty and a half verses versify the matching explanation. This is the first part. It does not versify the past lack of desire, but only versifies the present obtaining. The first verse and a half versify the two matters of hearing the Dharma and hearing the prophecy; the latter half verse versifies the obtaining.