大般涅槃經義記 3.67

3.67

喻中有四：初「甘蔗」等喻明法體；二「隨有處」下寄人顯勝；三「或有人」下明癈所由，由人棄大學小故癈，棄大學小名「食粟米」，習讀世典名「及稗子」，取劣為勝故言「第一」，學小由昔名「受報故」；四「若是福」下明興所由，由人棄小學大故興。「耳初不聞粟、稗之名」喻不聞小，「唯食粳糧」喻純學大。

Within the analogy there are four [points]: first, "sugarcane," etc., is an analogy clarifying the substance of the Dharma; second, from "wherever there is a place" onward reveals its pre-eminence through persons; third, from "or there is someone" onward clarifies the reason for abandonment—because people abandon the Great and study the Small, it is abandoned; abandoning the Great and studying the Small is called "eating millet," and studying and reading worldly texts is called "and barnyard grass"; taking the inferior as superior is therefore called "foremost"; studying the Small due to the past is called "due to receiving retribution"; fourth, from "if it is a person of merit" onward clarifies the reason for flourishing—because people abandon the Small and study the Great, it flourishes. "Ears have never heard the names of millet and barnyard grass" is an analogy for not hearing the Small; "only eating nonglutinous rice" is an analogy for purely studying the Great.