[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 50.3 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 50.3 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 50.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.50.3) 疏「具那羅延支節大力」者，即《涅槃》北經第十一，南本第十〈現病品〉。因佛現臥，迦葉怪問：「如來已離病惱，何故倚臥？」便校量佛力云「如十小牛力不如一大牛力，十大牛力不如一青牛力，十青牛力不如一凡象力，十凡象力不如一野象力，次四牙象、次雪山白象、次香山象、次青象、次黃象、次赤象、次白象、次山象、次優鉢羅象、次芬陀利象、次一力士、次鉢健提、次八臂那羅延、次十住菩薩一節之力，皆前前之十不及後後之一。」如前六種，故知佛力不可思議。 > Regarding the commentary's phrase "possessing the great power of the limbs and joints of Nārāyaṇa": this is from the Northern recension of the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\], fascicle 11 (the Southern recension, fascicle 10, "Chapter on Manifesting Sickness"). Because the Buddha manifested reclining, Kāśyapa wondered and asked, "The Tathāgata is already free from the distress of sickness; for what reason does he recline leaning?" Thereupon he appraised and compared the Buddha's power, saying, "The power of ten small oxen is not equal to the power of one great ox; the power of ten great oxen is not equal to the power of one blue ox; the power of ten blue oxen is not equal to the power of one common elephant; the power of ten common elephants is not equal to the power of one wild elephant; next is a four-tusked elephant, next a white elephant of the Snow Mountains, next a Gandhamādana elephant, next a blue elephant, next a yellow elephant, next a red elephant, next a white elephant, next a mountain elephant, next an utpala elephant, next a puṇḍarīka elephant, next a champion wrestler (malla), next a bhagavanta, next an eight-armed Nārāyaṇa, and next the power of a single joint of a bodhisattva of the ten abidings—in each case, ten of the former are not equal to one of the latter." Like the previous six kinds, one therefore knows that the Buddha's power is inconceivable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.50.2) - [Next: 50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.50.4) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.50) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.50.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.50.3) · Pramāṇa