大般涅槃經義記 5.83

5.83

上喻菩薩，下喻凡夫貪生受死。於中四句：初言「二女復共相將至一貧家」喻明生死隨逐凡夫，無德財故說為貧家；二「貧人見」下喻明凡夫生死俱受，「始見心喜即請」已下造業求之；三「功德言」下准聖責凡，「我為他驅，汝復何緣俱請我住」；四「貧人言：汝念我」下辯凡異聖，生隨凡情名汝念我，凡夫貪生并受老死故言「以汝當復敬彼」，「是故俱請」結答前責也。合中，先合菩薩俱厭，「凡夫愚」下合凡俱受。

The above allegorized the bodhisattva; below allegorizes ordinary people craving birth and receiving death. In this there are four clauses: first, the statement "The two women together further went to a poor household" allegorically explains that birth and death pursue ordinary people; because they lack the wealth of virtue, it is spoken of as a poor household; second, from "The poor person saw" downward allegorically explains that ordinary people receive both birth and death; from "Upon first seeing them his mind rejoiced, and he immediately invited them" downward is creating karma to seek them; third, from "Puṇyalakṣmī said" downward is using the noble one as a standard to rebuke the ordinary person: "I was driven away by another; for what reason do you invite us both to stay?"; fourth, from "The poor person said, 'You are mindful of me'" downward clarifies that the ordinary differs from the noble: birth following ordinary sentiment is called "you are mindful of me"; ordinary people craving birth and also receiving old age and death is why he says, "because of you, I shall also revere her"; "therefore I invite both" concludes the response to the previous rebuke. In the application, it first applies to the bodhisattva loathing both; from "Ordinary people, foolish..." downward, it applies to ordinary people receiving both.