華嚴經探玄記 13.9

13.9

Seventh, in explaining the text, the three divisions are the same as before. In the first, the section on praising and requesting, there are eighteen verses divided into five parts: first, two [verses] where the bodhisattvas, hearing the Dharma, make offerings and praise; next, two where the devas rejoice and make offerings; next, two where the deva kings and their retinues make offerings; next, eleven where the devīs sing music praising the Buddha's virtues—within this, the first two broadly praise the benefits of the teaching, the next three praise great wisdom realizing emptiness, the next one praises great compassion gathering in living beings, the next four praise the unobstructedness of principle and practice, and the next one describes the devīs falling silent; the last one is the chief leader requesting the teaching.