阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.56

1.56

贊曰：第三列名，分二：初列名、二總結，如是等諸大弟子，是總結。且初列名分成八對：第一、內智外通對；第二、苦行辨才對；第三、悟空知幻對；第四、捨愚離欲對；第五、多聞密行對；第六、流泉應供對；第七、化貪除慢對；第八、施藥筵僧對。今且初也。具二義故名為長老：一、年高臘長故；二、學廣解深故。梵云奢利弗呾羅，此云春鸎，亦云鶖鳥，弗呾羅云子，訛略故云舍利弗。母未懷此子言詞謇訥，與兄俱悕羅論義常劣於兄，自懷子後言詞辨捷論勝兄，母多辨故故曰春鸎。春鸎即今百舌鳥也，是彼所生故復稱子，亦云鶖子也。尊者大婆羅門種，其父豪才博識深鑒精微，凡是經籍無不究習，其妻感夢，具告夫曰：「吾昨宵夢感見一異人，身被甲冑手執金剛，摧破諸山追立一山下。」夫曰：「汝夢甚善，汝當生男，慧學貫世，摧諸論師破其宗致，唯不如一人，為佛弟子。」果然有娠，母忽聰明高德，劇談言語無滯礙。尊者年始八歲振四方，志性淳質其心慈悲，早壞纏結成就智慧，故云內智也。

The Praise says: The third [point] is listing the names, divided into two: first, listing the names; second, general conclusion. '[And others] such as these, all great disciples' is the general conclusion. The first, listing the names, is divided into eight pairs: first, the pair of internal wisdom and external supernormal powers; second, the pair of ascetic practice and eloquence; third, the pair of awakening to emptiness and knowing illusion; fourth, the pair of renouncing foolishness and transcending desire; fifth, the pair of extensive learning and esoteric practice; sixth, the pair of flowing springs and worthy of offerings; seventh, the pair of transforming greed and removing pride; eighth, the pair of donating medicine and feasting the Saṅgha. Now this is the first. Possessing two meanings, one is called 'Elder': first, high in age and senior in monastic years; second, broad in learning and deep in understanding. In Sanskrit it is *Śāriputra*, here translated as 'spring warbler' or 'śāri-bird'; *putra* means son, and through an abbreviated error it is called *Shelifu*. Before his mother conceived this son, her speech was stammering and halting; when debating with her brother Kauṣṭhila, she was always inferior to her brother. After she conceived the child, her speech was eloquent and nimble, and she prevailed over her brother in debate. Because the mother had much eloquence, she was called 'spring warbler.' The spring warbler is today's mockingbird; being born of her, he is called 'son,' and is also called 'son of the śāri.' The Venerable One was of great brahmin stock. His father was a man of bold talent and erudition who profoundly scrutinized subtleties, and there were no classics or texts he had not investigated. His wife had a dream and recounted it in full to her husband: 'Last night I dreamed of an extraordinary man clad in armor and grasping a vajra, who destroyed all the mountains and chased one down beneath another mountain.' Her husband said: 'Your dream is extremely auspicious. You will bear a son whose wisdom and learning will penetrate the world; he will overthrow the treatise masters and demolish their tenets, inferior only to one man, becoming a disciple of the Buddha.' She indeed became pregnant, and the mother was suddenly intelligent and of lofty virtue, conversing brilliantly and speaking without impediment. When the Venerable One was only eight years old, his fame shook the four quarters; by nature pure and upright, his heart compassionate, he destroyed defiling fetters early on and accomplished wisdom, hence referred to as 'internal wisdom.'