觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 2.55

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贊曰：下明願遂。於中有五：一明作宮；第二「時諸園中」下，作園；第三「亦有七寶大師子座」下，作座；第四「時宮四角有四寶柱」下，作柱；第五「如是天宮有百萬億無量寶色」下，天宮天女寶色皆同。作宮中有八：一明作宮、二欄楯、三天子女、四手生花、五光明、六樂器、七起舞、八說法。作宮殿中有二：初出珠、後作宮。此初也。瑠璃碧色，頗梨紅色。一切眾色皆具足者，額上之珠舉碧紅為首，自餘眾色一切皆足，或此二寶一切色類皆悉具足。紫謂紫色。紺者，《說文》云「帛深青而陽赤色含紺也」，青而含赤色。今此紺者與彼稍異，如紫青色如意神珠，表裏映徹。

The commentary says: Below explains the fulfillment of the vow. Within this there are five parts: first, explaining the creation of the palace; second, from 'Then in the gardens' below, the creation of the gardens; third, from 'There was also a great lion throne of the seven jewels' below, the creation of the throne; fourth, from 'Then at the four corners of the palace were four jewel pillars' below, the creation of the pillars; fifth, from 'Such heavenly palaces had millions of billions of immeasurable jewel colours' below, the jewel colours of the heavenly palaces and heavenly maidens are all identical. In the creation of the palace there are eight points: first, explaining the creation of the palace; second, the balustrades; third, the devaputras and devakanyās; fourth, flowers produced from hands; fifth, the light; sixth, the musical instruments; seventh, the dancing; eighth, the expounding of the Dharma. Within creating the palace halls there are two: first, the emergence of the jewel; second, the creation of the palace. This is the first. Vaidūrya is greenish-blue in colour, and crystal is red in colour. That all kinds of colours are fully complete means that among the jewels from the forehead, greenish-blue and red are cited first, and all the rest of the numerous colours are completely present; or else, these two jewels completely possess all varieties of colour. 'Zi' means purple colour. As for 'gan', the Shuowen says, 'Silk of deep blue with an exposed reddish tint contains gan,' that is, blue containing a reddish tint. Here this gan is slightly different from that: it is like a purple-blue wish-fulfilling divine pearl, thoroughly luminous inside and out.