[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 3.3 # 注維摩詰經 3.3 注維摩詰經 3.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.3) 什曰：秦言善業，解空第一。善業所以造居士乃致失者，有以而往亦有由而失。請以喻明之，譬善射之人發無遺物，雖輕翼迅逝不能翔其舍。猶維摩詰辯慧深入言不失會，故五百應真莫敢闚其門。善業自謂智能深入辯足應時，故直造不疑。此往之意也。然當其入觀則心順法相，及其出定則情隨事轉，致失招屈良由此也。維摩以善業自謂深入而乖於平等，故此章言切而旨深者也。諸聲聞體非兼備則各有偏能，因其偏能謂之第一，故五百弟子皆稱第一也。又上四聲聞復有偏德，有供養者能與現世報，故獨名四大聲聞。餘人無此德，故稱第一而不名大也。肇曰：須菩提，秦言善吉，弟子中解空第一也。 > \[Kumāra\]jīva says: In the Qin language \[Subhūti is translated as\] Shanye (Good Karma); he is foremost in understanding emptiness. The reason Shanye visited the householder and incurred a defeat was that there was a reason he went, and also a cause for his defeat. Please permit a metaphor to explain it: it is like an expert archer who shoots and never misses a target; though light wings fly swiftly, they cannot soar above his lodging. Just so, Vimalakīrti's eloquence and wisdom are deep and penetrating, his speech never failing to meet the mark, so that among the five hundred arhats none dared peer into his doorway. Shanye believed his own wisdom was capable of penetrating deeply and his eloquence sufficient to respond to the occasion, and therefore went directly without doubt. This was his mindset in going. However, when he enters contemplation his mind accords with the mark of dharmas, but when he emerges from concentration his sentiments shift along with affairs; his incurring defeat and suffering humiliation was truly due to this. Because Shanye considered himself to have penetrated deeply while contradicting equality, the words of this chapter are sharp and the meaning profound. Since the śrāvakas do not fully possess all capacities, each has his partial ability, and because of this partial ability is called foremost; thus the five hundred disciples are all called foremost. Moreover, the four great śrāvakas above further possess an extraordinary virtue: when someone makes offerings to them, they can grant a retribution in the present life; hence they alone are called the four great śrāvakas. The other people lack this virtue, so they are called foremost but are not named 'great.' \[Seng\]zhao says: Subhūti is in the Qin language Shanjī (Good Auspiciousness); among the disciples he is foremost in understanding emptiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.3.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.3) · Pramāṇa