華嚴經探玄記 14.46

14.46

In the seventh [section], "Explaining the Text", the initial twenty-five verses within the praise and request are divided into five [parts]: first, two verses explain the Śuddhāvāsa devas setting forth wonderful offerings; second, one verse explains the bodhisattvas offering burning incense; third, two verses explain the heavenly kings and their retinues offering precious robes; fourth, eighteen verses explain the devīs offering music and praise—within which the first two generally explain the making of music, the next two praise the Buddha's virtue of universal pervasive essence and characteristics, the next three praise the Buddha's virtue of bringing about benefit through karmic function, the next four praise the Buddha's virtue of adapting to capacities through the eight aspects, the next two praise the Buddha's immense virtue by means of the metaphor of an illusion, the next three praise the Buddha's virtue of equality in the dharmakāya, the next two conclude by exhorting cultivation and study, and the next single [verse] concludes with the devīs falling silent; fifth, the final two verses, in which the leader of the assembly formally requests [the teaching], can be known.