華嚴經探玄記 5.13

5.13

釋名者，菩薩是體、雲是相，以諸菩薩含法雨故、相齗齶故。集是用。殿是集處。妙勝有三義：一佛眾為妙勝，妙勝者之殿；二於中說此妙勝法故；三殿即妙勝，以稱性故。說偈是語業，謂法界菩薩如雲而集，各以妙辯宣揚佛德，故云菩薩雲集說偈品也。

Explaining the title: Bodhisattva is the essence; cloud is the characteristic, because the bodhisattvas contain the rain of Dharma, and their characteristics are closely set together. Gathering is the function. The palace is the place of gathering. Wondrous and Superior has three meanings: first, the assembly of buddhas is wondrous and superior, [so it is] the palace of the wondrous and superior ones; second, because this wondrous and superior Dharma is expounded therein; third, the palace itself is wondrous and superior, because it accords with nature. Speaking verses is verbal karma, meaning that bodhisattvas of the dharmadhātu gather like clouds, each proclaiming the Buddha's virtues with wondrous eloquence; hence it is called the chapter on "Bodhisattvas Gathering Like Clouds and Speaking Verses."