大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 19.53

19.53

疏「阿毘曇亦鬼趣攝」者，若依《雜心》第八〈修多羅品〉，亦畜生趣攝。有言：阿修羅與天同趣，是故說言汝先是天。問：若然，何不見天帝耶？答：諂曲所覆故。有說是大力餓鬼，天趣不攝故。問：若爾，釋天云何與相習近耶？答：天貪色故、勝負多故。鳩槃茶、勒叉亦餓鬼趣攝，緊那羅、毘舍遮、醯魯娑迦闍羅頗來羅皆畜生趣攝。上皆論文，因便引來。疏「化食四生」者，化最勝故。則濕生鳥食濕胎卵三生龍，胎生鳥食胎卵二生龍，卵生鳥唯食卵生龍。然劣不能食勝，若有食者，其鳥即死。而可食者，日食一龍王、五百小龍。繞四天下周而復始，次第取食。其鳥命將盡時，至海取龍，為龍吐毒復不能食，飢火所繞聳翅入海，直下至風輪際，為風所吹還復却上。如是七返無處停足，逐至金剛山頂命終。以食龍故，其身毒氣發火自燒。難陀龍王恐燒寶山，降雨滅火滴如車軸。其身肉消散，唯有心在，大如人髀，紺瑠璃色。輪王得之用為珠寶，帝釋得之為髻中珠，疏略不言。

Regarding the Commentary's words, "The Abhidharma also subsumes them under the ghost realm": according to the eighth chapter, "Sūtra Chapter," of the Miśrakābhidharmahṛdaya, they are also subsumed under the animal realm. Some say: asuras share the same realm as devas, which is why it is said, "You were formerly a deva." Question: If so, why do they not see the Lord of Devas? Answer: Because they are veiled by dishonesty and deviousness. Some say they are pretas of great power, since they are not subsumed under the deva realm. Question: If that is so, how does Śakra associate with them? Answer: Because devas crave sensual forms and because there are many contests of victory and defeat. Kumbhāṇḍas and rakṣasas are also subsumed under the preta realm; kinnaras, piśācas, herukas (?), gajas, and pralehas (?) are all subsumed under the animal realm. The above are all treatise texts, cited here incidentally. Regarding the Commentary's words, "Transformational birth consumes all four modes of birth": this is because transformational birth is supreme. Thus moisture-born birds consume moisture-born, womb-born, and egg-born dragons; womb-born birds consume womb-born and egg-born dragons; egg-born birds consume only egg-born dragons. However, the inferior cannot consume the superior; if any were to eat them, that bird would die immediately. Those that may be consumed are: one dragon king and five hundred small dragons eaten daily. Circling the four continents round and round, they take their food in turn. When that bird's life is about to end, it goes to the ocean to seize dragons, but because the dragons spit venom it cannot eat them; encircled by the fire of hunger, it raises its wings and enters the sea, going straight down to the edge of the wind disc, and blown by the wind it rises back up again. In this manner, seven times back and forth with nowhere to alight, it proceeds to the summit of the Vajra Mountain where its life ends. Because it ate dragons, the poisonous vapors of its body erupt in fire and consume itself. The dragon king Nanda, fearing the precious mountain would be burned, pours down rain to extinguish the fire with drops thick as cart axles. Its bodily flesh melts away, and only its heart remains, as large as a human thigh, with the color of deep blue lapis lazuli. A wheel-turning king obtains it and uses it as a jewel; Śakra obtains it and uses it as the jewel in his topknot. The Commentary omits this and does not state it.