新華嚴經論 38.3

38.3

第二推德昇進中，從「如諸菩薩摩訶薩」已下至「辭退而去」有七行半經，約立五門：一推德昇進；二示善知識所在，云在此閻浮提摩竭提國；三舉城之名號迦毘羅；四舉善知識夜神號婆珊婆演底；五禮敬辭去。隨文釋義者，城名迦毘羅者，此云黃色，此城上古有黃頭仙於此修仙道，故立名也。表法中，以夜神智會中道，合中宮黃色，黃為福慶之色。應真菩薩內懷白法外現黃色，是福德之色故，城名黃色。摩竭提國，是如來示現成菩提道處，明此位昇進會本位故。如十住中初位妙峯山頂，以方便定力會佛出纏智慧妙理之體。此十地中初地菩薩位，會如來智慧入纏大慈悲中菩提果故。已後例然。神名婆珊婆演底者，此云主當春生，為此神主當眾生春生諸苗稼也。表法中，是主當初地菩薩昇進春生萬行之苗稼也。以能常於生死海，破一切眾生為明暗故，名為夜天。又智自在故，名之為天。

Second, within attributing virtues and advancing, from "Like all bodhisattva-mahāsattvas" down to "bid farewell and departed" there are seven and a half lines of sūtra text, which approximately establish five gates: first, attributing virtues and advancing; second, pointing out the location of the spiritual friend, saying that it is in the country of Magadha in this Jambudvīpa; third, adducing the name of the city, called Kapilā; fourth, adducing the spiritual friend, the night spirit named Vāsanavanti; fifth, paying homage and bidding farewell. In explaining the meaning according to the text: The city named Kapilā means "yellow colour"; in antiquity, a yellow-headed rishi cultivated the way of immortals here, hence the name was established. In symbolizing the Dharma, because the night spirit's wisdom accords with the middle way, it corresponds to the yellow color of the central palace; yellow is the color of blessing and celebration. The bodhisattva who accords with the real inwardly cherishes white dharmas and outwardly manifests yellow, which is the color of blessed virtue, so the city is named "Yellow Colour." The country of Magadha is the place where the Tathāgata manifested the attainment of the way of bodhi, indicating that advancement in this stage accords with the original stage. Just as the initial stage of the summit of Mount Sugopita in the ten abodes accords with the essence of the Buddha's wondrous principle of entanglement-free wisdom through the power of expedient samādhi, so too the stage of the bodhisattva of the first ground among these ten grounds accords with the bodhi fruit within the Tathāgata's wisdom and entangled great compassion. The subsequent ones follow this example. The spirit named Vāsanavanti means "presiding over spring growth," because this spirit presides over sentient beings' spring sprouting of various crops. In symbolizing the Dharma, she presides over the first-ground bodhisattva's advancement and spring sprouting of the crops of all practices. Because she can constantly destroy the darkness of ignorance for all sentient beings in the ocean of birth and death, she is called a night deva. Furthermore, because her wisdom possesses mastery, she is called a deva.