新華嚴經論 28.21

28.21

從初一段有三十二行頌，長科為兩段。一從「淨居天眾」已下有二十八行頌，明淨居天眾聞法興供，及見佛德廣大無邊分。淨居天是九地菩薩眾，是第三禪天眾。後十地是四禪位。從初地多作閻浮提王，二地忉利王，以次排之即可知也。以表昇進自在如天，亦不獨作天王。一一位明行遍周自在如天，此總明第一義天一切智天，非如是諸天下品十善業果報生天也。二「即時解脫月菩薩」已下有四行頌，明請第十地行門分。於中文義，如經自具。

From the first section there are thirty-two lines of verse, divided broadly into two sections. First, from 'the assembly of the Śuddhāvāsa heavens' downward there are twenty-eight lines of verse, explaining the division where the assembly of the Śuddhāvāsa heavens hears the Dharma, raises offerings, and sees that the Buddha's virtues are vast and boundless. The Śuddhāvāsa heavens are the assembly of bodhisattvas of the ninth ground, who are the assembly of the third dhyāna heavens. The subsequent tenth ground is the stage of the fourth dhyāna. From the first ground where one mostly becomes a king of Jambudvīpa, to the second ground where one is a Trāyastriṃśa king, if one arranges them in order, it can be understood. This symbolizes that their ease of progress is like that of devas, yet they do not merely act as deva kings. Each stage explains that their practice is all-pervading and sovereign like devas; this generally explains the heavens of ultimate truth and the heavens of all-knowledge, not that one is born in the heavens as a retribution of lower-grade ten wholesome karmas like those gods. Second, from 'thereupon Bodhisattva Vimukticandra' downward there are four lines of verse, explaining the division of requesting the gate of practice of the tenth ground. The meaning within the text is complete as found in the sūtra itself.