大般涅槃經義記 3.290

3.290

下佛答之，初力士喻答前二難，明性是有；下雪山喻答後十難，顯性是常。就明有中，初喻，次合，「如來祕藏如是」已下結歎經勝。喻中有三：一凡夫起惑覆障佛性喻、二「即命」下二乘習空不見真我喻、三「時良醫慰力士」下佛為顯實令彼證見喻。三中，初段還顯向前貧女喻中凡夫不見、第二顯前嬰孩喻中二乘不見、第三成前兩段之中佛開令見。

Below, the Buddha answers it: first, the metaphor of the wrestler answers the first two challenges, explaining that the nature exists; below, the metaphor of the snowy mountains answers the latter ten challenges, revealing that the nature is permanent. Regarding the explanation of existence, first is the metaphor, next the application, and from “the Tathāgata's secret treasury is likewise” onward concludes by praising the supremacy of the sūtra. Within the metaphor there are three parts: first, the metaphor of ordinary persons giving rise to delusion that veils and obstructs the buddha-nature; second, from “he immediately summoned” onward, the metaphor of the two vehicles practicing emptiness and not seeing the true self; third, from “at that time the good physician consoled the wrestler” onward, the metaphor of the Buddha revealing the real for him and causing him to realize and see it. Among the three, the first section again reveals the ordinary persons not seeing [the treasure] in the previous metaphor of the poor woman; the second reveals the two vehicles not seeing in the previous metaphor of the infant; the third fulfills the Buddha uncovering it to make them see in the previous two sections.