[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 4.251 # 大般涅槃經義記 4.251 大般涅槃經義記 4.251 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.251) 下明慰辭，依此文中有其二十一行半偈，外國本中唯十三偈。初十四偈，兩兩為一，即作七偈；次兩偈半復合為一，通前八偈；末後五偈各別為一，故有十三。良以方言不同故爾，外國偈法字句含多，此方略少，為是翻譯多少不等。於中隨義分以為四：初之兩偈許說涅槃，其次兩偈許為說導，次十三偈半正說涅槃，末後四偈正為說道。 > Below, the words of comfort are clarified. According to this text, there are twenty-one and a half verses; in the foreign manuscript, there are only thirteen verses. The first fourteen verses combine two by two to make seven verses; the next two and a half verses are further combined into one, making eight verses together with the preceding; the final five verses are each individual, so there are thirteen. This is truly because the regional languages are different. In the verse metrics of foreign lands, characters and phrases contain much, whereas here they are slightly fewer; therefore, the translations have unequal amounts. Within them, according to their meaning, they are divided into four: the first two verses promise to explain nirvāṇa; the next two verses promise to explain the guidance for its sake; the next thirteen and a half verses directly explain nirvāṇa; the final four verses directly explain the path for its sake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.250) - [Next: 4.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.252) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.4.251) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.4.251) · Pramāṇa