華嚴經探玄記 19.105

19.105

第三「爾時善財日沒」下明見敬申請中，先見內三：一推求言日沒者，表息地前分別智盡也。又以是夜天，非晝日所見故，於闇夜方乃得見。二「見彼」下明正見身。古人云：城者，謂初地教道。上空中住者，謂證道。身如金者，實德顯彰也。服朱衣者，表證智光明也。三「於其身」下見其業用，於中三：初身現星光等者，闇夜攝生也；二毛孔現法，以益眾生；三「隨所經」下於一毛孔中見聞菩薩教化眾生。二「善財見聞」下設敬。三「白言」下申請。言一切智道者，明十地是佛正因道故。

Third, from "At that time Sudhana, when the sun set" onward clarifies seeing, paying respect, and presenting the request. Within seeing first, there are three: first, seeking and inquiring, stating "when the sun set" expresses that the conceptual wisdom prior to the bhūmis has completely ceased. Furthermore, because she is a night deity and cannot be seen during the day, she can only be seen in the dark night. Second, from "saw her" onward clarifies directly seeing her body. The ancients said: the city refers to the path of teaching of the first bhūmi; dwelling high in the empty sky refers to the path of realization; her body like gold means that real virtues are manifest; wearing vermilion garments expresses the radiance of the wisdom of realization. Third, from "upon her body" onward, seeing her karmic function, within which there are three: first, her body manifesting starlight and so forth gathers sentient beings in the dark night; second, her pores manifest dharmas to benefit sentient beings; third, from "wherever she passed" onward, seeing and hearing the bodhisattva teaching and transforming sentient beings within a single pore. Second, from "Sudhana, having seen and heard" onward pays respect. Third, from "said" onward presents the request. "The path to all-knowledge" clarifies that the ten bhūmis are the true causal path to Buddhahood.