華嚴經探玄記 3.77

3.77

Fourth, within the prose's specific [exposition] of the adornment of the fragrant sea, there are fourteen phrases: 1. fragrant precious shores; 2. precious nets covering above; 3. precious waters flowing; 4. various flowers blooming; 5. powdered incense in its water; 6. emitting the sounds of buddhas; 7. fragrance pervasively perfuming, meaning what the doctrinal teachings reach; 8. precious steps and paths, meaning staircases for entering the Dharma; 9. pearl balustrades, meaning guarding against external wrongs and preserving internal virtues; 10. the sound of tide-waves; 11. flower pavilions surrounding; 12. flower ramparts encompassing the exterior; 13. fragrant flowers spread upon the water; 14. fragrant trees serving as adornment. All are simultaneously phenomena and Dharma; one should reflect and understand them accordingly. In the verses, there are ten stanzas: the first versifies the sea; the second versifies the shores; the third versifies the water and the sounds of buddhas; the fourth versifies the steps and balustrades; the fifth versifies the precious trees; the sixth versifies the flowers spread out—*puṇḍarīka*, which is translated here as white lotus; the seventh versifies the precious nets; the eighth versifies the flower ramparts; the ninth is a single stanza on encompassing their exterior; the tenth brings up the causes to conclude the accomplishment.