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三明善財表法者，善財於此位中，見夜天號守護一切城增長威力，在菩提場如來會中，坐一切寶摩尼王師子之座，無數夜神所共圍繞，現一切眾生色相身、現普對一切眾生身等，得甚深自在妙音解脫，名守護一切城增長威力者。經云「善男子！我於生死夜無明昏寐諸眾生中而獨覺悟，令諸眾生守護心城，捨三界住一切智無上法城。」明此第六地是所修之法門，此主夜神是此六地所行之地行。恐修行者不解其事，以此法行二俱表之。住在菩提場佛眾會者，明行以菩提為體故。坐一切寶摩尼王師子座者，明以一切差別智慧為座體故，還依果亦爾。摩尼，表智慧離染自他垢故。王者，明智慧自在故。師子者，依主釋，皆須觀知因果故。無數夜神圍繞者，表行遍周也。現一切眾生色相身者，對現色身隨根接俗故。得甚深自在妙音解脫者，明此位智慧自在善說教故。當以名義思之可見。大意此位說教，由恐眾生不解其行故，以是聖者舉教及行總彰，令易解故，修行不錯謬故。十住第六住，且明出世間中世間智慧，即以比丘表之，以十住且求出世心故。此十地中明長養慈悲，即第六地及餘地，以女天表之。准此例隨位昇進以知其意。

Third, explaining how Sudhana symbolizes the Dharma: in this stage Sudhana meets the night goddess named Sarvanagararakṣāsaṃbhavatejaḥ (Guardian of All Cities Who Increases Dignity and Power). In the assembly of the Tathāgata at the bodhimaṇḍa, she sits upon a lion seat of king-of-jewels maṇi, surrounded by countless night spirits. She manifests physical forms reflecting all sentient beings, manifests forms that universally encounter all sentient beings, and so forth, having attained the liberation of profound, sovereign, wondrous sound. She is called 'Guardian of All Cities Who Increases Dignity and Power.' The sūtra says: 'Good man! Amidst sentient beings slumbering in the dark night of ignorance within birth-and-death, I alone awaken, causing all sentient beings to guard the citadel of their minds, renounce the three realms, and abide in the supreme Dharma-citadel of all-knowledge.' This shows that this sixth ground is the Dharma approach to be cultivated, and this night-ruling spirit is the practice of the ground carried out on this sixth ground. Fearing that practitioners might not understand the matter, both the Dharma and the practice are used to symbolize it. Her dwelling in the assembly of the Buddha at the bodhimaṇḍa shows that practice takes bodhi as its essence. Her sitting on the lion seat of king-of-jewels maṇi shows that all discriminating wisdoms serve as the seat's essence; the corresponding fruition is likewise. 'Maṇi' symbolizes wisdom's freedom from defilements—the stains of self and others. 'King' shows wisdom's sovereignty. 'Lion' is explained as a dependent compound (tatpuruṣa); in all cases one must contemplate and know cause and effect. Being surrounded by countless night spirits symbolizes that practice is omnipresent. Manifesting physical forms reflecting all sentient beings means she manifests physical bodies in response, to receive ordinary beings according to their faculties. Attaining the liberation of profound, sovereign, wondrous sound shows that the wisdom of this stage is sovereign and skilled at expounding the teaching. One can see this by reflecting on the meaning of the names. The general meaning of expounding the teaching at this stage is: because sentient beings might not understand its practice, this holy one presents both teaching and practice together to make it easy to comprehend, so that their practice will not be erroneous. In the sixth of the ten abodes, which broadly clarifies the worldly wisdom within the supramundane, a monk was used to symbolize it, because the ten abodes initially seek the mind of leaving the world. Here in the ten grounds, which clarify the nurturing of kindness and compassion, the sixth ground and other grounds are symbolized by goddesses. Follow this model as one advances through the stages to understand its intent.