大般涅槃經義記 3.303

3.303

就初句中，「雪山有藥，其味極甜」喻生有性，山喻五陰，藥喻佛性。「名曰樂味」列名顯法，食能生樂故名樂味，喻明佛性證成勝樂。「其味極甜」辯相顯法，喻明佛性體味精純。「在深叢」下喻諸眾生惑障不見，叢喻煩惱，煩惱覆障故不能見。

In the first clause, "the Snow Mountains have a medicine whose taste is extremely sweet" is a metaphor for sentient beings possessing the nature; the mountain is a metaphor for the five aggregates, and the medicine is a metaphor for the buddha-nature. "It is called the taste of bliss": this lists the name to reveal the dharma; eating it can produce bliss, hence it is called the taste of bliss, which is a metaphor clarifying that the buddha-nature realizes superior bliss. "Its taste is extremely sweet": this explains the characteristics to reveal the dharma, a metaphor clarifying that the essence and taste of buddha-nature are pure and unadulterated. From "among deep thickets" down is a metaphor for all sentient beings not seeing it due to the obstacle of delusion; the thickets are a metaphor for afflictions; because they are covered and obstructed by afflictions, they cannot see it.