大般涅槃經義記 5.355

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第三段中，由生分別停其施意，是故說言「且待莫觸」。「我今」已下正顯分別，於中有三：一分別乞人推其來處，故言「是箭從何方來」。問其遣者，故言「誰射？為是剎利、婆羅門」等。二分別其行，「竹耶？柳耶」分別其戒，戒有堅軟，堅者如竹，軟者如柳。「其鏃鐵」下分別其慧，慧能破障，故說為鏃。慧依教生，是故問言「何治所出」。慧有堅軟，故復問言「剛耶？柔耶？」「其毛」已下分別其定，定能正心如毛直箭，故以喻之。定必在人，人有凡、聖，是以問言「是何鳥翼？烏耶？鷲耶？」三分別乞辭，由彼乞辭能生慳病，故說為毒。辭有自作、他教之別，是故問言「為從作生？自然而有？」辭有美、惡，故言「人毒？蛇毒耶？」此第三竟。

In the third section, because conceptual discrimination arises, his intention to give is halted; therefore it is said, 'Wait a moment, do not touch it.' From 'I now' onward directly demonstrates discrimination, within which there are three: First, discriminating the beggar by investigating where he comes from; hence it is said, 'From what direction did this arrow come?' Asking who sent him; hence it is said, 'Who shot it? Was it a kṣatriya, a brāhmaṇa,' etc.? Second, discriminating his practice. 'Is it bamboo? Is it willow?' discriminates his morality: morality has firm and soft, the firm being like bamboo and the soft being like willow. From 'Is its iron arrowhead' onward discriminates his wisdom: wisdom can destroy hindrances, and is therefore spoken of as the arrowhead. Wisdom arises based on teaching, and therefore it is asked, 'From what workshop was it produced?' Wisdom has firm and soft, and therefore it is further asked, 'Is it hard? Is it soft?' From 'Its feathers' onward discriminates his concentration: concentration can straighten the mind just as feathers straighten an arrow, and is therefore used as an analogy for it. Concentration must reside in a person, and persons have ordinary and noble; for this reason it is asked, 'What bird's feathers are these? A crow's? A vulture's?' Third, discriminating the beggar's words. Because those words of begging can give rise to the disease of stinginess, they are spoken of as poison. Words have the distinction of being composed by oneself or taught by another; therefore it is asked, 'Did it arise from deliberate contrivance? Or does it exist spontaneously?' Words have beautiful and ugly; therefore it is said, 'Is it human poison? Or snake poison?' This completes the third [section].