大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 89.30

89.30

In the commentary on the twenty-eighth [syllable], 'artha' (曷攞哆, rising tone), another translation has 'rtha' (攞他, rising tone). Then from 'grasping is...' downward, it correlates it with the sūtra. Regarding the 'meaning of the objective realm' (viṣayārtha), in general there are four meanings: first, textual meaning, which is the expressed referent; second, realm meaning, which is the cognitive object; third, principle meaning, referring to suffering, impermanence, and so forth; fourth, nature meaning, which is ultimate emptiness. Here it is the second: saṃsāra is the fruit and grasping is the cause; both are the objective meanings observed by wisdom. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: 'If one hears the syllable artha (曷攞哆), one immediately knows that the meaning/purpose (artha) of all phenomena is ungraspable, because artha (阿利他) here means meaning/purpose.'