大般涅槃經義記 4.324

4.324

偈頌請中，文有七偈：前六正請，後一結請。正中，初偈頌上文中第七諸力具足以請；次有三偈頌上文中第五、第六凡夫外道謂滅以請，於中初偈明諸凡夫覩化謂實，中間一偈明不見真，第三一偈舉聖顯凡；後之兩偈頌上文中第二、第四曠修無病行願以請。「三世世尊大悲為本」，舉佛本因，「如是慈悲今何所在」以昔徵今，今捨眾生入般涅槃似無慈悲故言何在？「若無大悲則不名佛」准行驗人，「佛若涅槃則不名常」以應徵真。下結請中，前之三句結為餘人，末後二句結為外道。

In the verse supplication, the text contains seven verses: the first six are the actual supplication, and the last one is the concluding supplication. Within the actual supplication: the first verse versifies the aforementioned seventh [point], being fully endowed with all powers, to make the supplication; next, three verses versify the aforementioned fifth and sixth [points], ordinary beings and non-Buddhists supposing he undergoes extinction, to make the supplication, wherein the first verse explains that all ordinary beings see the transformation and suppose it to be real, the middle verse explains that they do not see the real, and the third verse brings up the noble to reveal the ordinary; the last two verses versify the aforementioned second and fourth [points], cultivating vows and practices free from illness over vast kalpas, to make the supplication. "The World-Honoured Ones of the three times take great compassion as their root" brings up the Buddha's original cause; "Where is such kindness and compassion now?" interrogates the present by means of the past: now abandoning sentient beings to enter parinirvāṇa seems to lack kindness and compassion, hence it says "Where is it?"; "If one lacks great compassion, one is not called a buddha" evaluates the person according to his practice; "If the Buddha enters nirvāṇa, he is not called permanent" interrogates the real by means of the manifested. In the concluding supplication below, the first three lines conclude for other people, and the last two lines conclude for non-Buddhists.