無量壽經連義述文贊 1.13

1.13

經曰「普賢菩薩」至「一切菩薩」者，述云：第二、列名。有二：此初、賢劫菩薩也。普者普遍，即證真之智。賢者賢善，即涉事之行。內德普遍、外化賢善，故名普賢。妙德者，應云妙吉祥。吉祥者，即功德之義，義名妙德。「慈氏」者，即於慈氏佛所初發菩提心，亦生慈姓，故云慈氏。梵云吠陀，此云善故，亦名善劫，義如《智論》。而言賢者，即從今名也。劫之延促、佛之多少，廣如《彌勒經述贊》中解。

The sūtra says: "Samantabhadra Bodhisattva..." down to "...and all the bodhisattvas." The commentary states: The second section lists their names. It has two parts; this is the first, the bodhisattvas of the Bhadrakalpa. "Samanta" means universal, which is the wisdom that realizes truth. "Bhadra" means worthy and good, which is the practice that engages with phenomena. Inner virtue is universal, and outer transformation is worthy and good, hence the name Samantabhadra. Miaode ("Wondrous Virtue") should be called Miaojixiang (Mañjuśrī). "Jixiang" (auspicious / śrī) has the sense of merit and virtue, hence translated as "Wondrous Virtue." As for "Ci-shi" (Maitreya, "the Benevolent One"), he first generated the mind of bodhi in the presence of Maitreya Buddha and was also born into the Maitrī clan, hence called "Ci-shi." The Sanskrit says Veda (or Bhadra?), translated here as "Good"; hence it is also called the "Good Kalpa," with its meaning explained as in the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa. Saying "Worthy" (Bhadrakalpa) follows the current designation. The length of the kalpa and the number of buddhas are explained in detail in the Commentary on the Maitreya Sūtra.