大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 17.82

17.82

The commentary states: 'Because the Jeta Grove and Śāriputra both belong to a later time.' This gives the reason for the 'later time'. That the Jeta Grove was later: after the Buddha attained the Way, he was in Rājagṛha, and because an elder went to that city to seek a wife for his son, he heard the Buddha, generated the aspiration, and only then constructed the vihāra; hence we know it was later. That Śāriputra and the others were later: according to the Sūtra on Repaying Kindness, he first delivered five men; next he delivered Yaśas and fifty disciples; next he delivered Uruvilvā[-kāśyapa] and five hundred disciples; next he delivered Gayā[-kāśyapa] and three hundred disciples; next he delivered Nadī[-kāśyapa] and two hundred disciples; next he delivered Śāriputra and one hundred disciples; next he delivered Maudgalyāyana and one hundred disciples—amounting in total to 1,255 people. The Twelve Years' Wandering Sūtra states: in the first year after attaining the Way, he delivered the five bhikṣus; in the second year, he transformed the three Kāśyapa brothers; in the fifth year, he delivered Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana. The five men were: first, Kauṇḍinya; second, Aśvajit, also called Vāṣpa-Bhaddiya; third, Mahānāma; fourth, Daśabala-Kāśyapa; fifth, Prince Kolita. Two were the mother's relatives, and three were the father's relatives. Explanation: Since Śāriputra and the others were later, now that the ninth assembly includes these five hundred and the Jeta Grove, it must be later.