大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 25.3

25.3

In the bodily empowerment, regarding the Commentary's phrase "it means plump, slender, and straight, and so on, hence called marks and secondary signs": the words "plump and slender" encompass both marks and secondary signs. Examining the thirty-two marks in the Mahāprajñā[pāramitā-sūtra], the ninth is that both arms are long, straight, plump, and rounded, like the trunk of an elephant king; thus plump and straight are marks. The hands connect to the arms, so as for "slender," among the thirty-two it says: "Fifth: All the fingers and toes of the World-Honoured One's hands and feet are fully rounded, slender, and long, extremely delightful." As for encompassing secondary signs: among the eighty secondary signs, the fingers and toes of the hands and feet account for twenty, taking each single digit as one sign, meaning the tips of the ten fingers are all rounded, slender, and pleasing. And as for saying "and so on," it refers to the radiant unfolding of the wondrous web, because these words make it evident. Among the thirty-two it says: "Fourth: Between the digits of the World-Honoured One's hands and feet, like a king goose, there is a web throughout, interlaced with golden color like fine brocade." This is a mark. Briefly citing these two, they are expounded in detail in the "Chapter on the Ocean of Marks of the Ten Bodies."