維摩經略疏 7.7

7.7

「世尊慇懃致問無量」，二、明文殊總宣佛意慰問。言致問無量者，十方法界三土實疾既其無量，淨名悲念則權疾無量，故使如來致問無量。止述三句者，此表問端。或有多句，譯者簡略，或經家不出。例如五百八千皆有稱述，略而不傳。或是但總宣無量，足表佛意，故不多述。

"The World-Honoured One solicitude-filled inquiries are boundless." Second, this explains Mañjuśrī's overall proclamation of the Buddha's intention in making the inquiry. As for "inquiries are boundless," since the real illnesses of the three lands in the dharma realms of the ten directions are already boundless, Vimalakīrti's compassionate regard makes the provisional illnesses boundless; therefore, he causes the Tathāgata to make boundless inquiries. Merely stating three sentences is to indicate the beginning of the inquiry. Perhaps there were many sentences, which the translator simplified, or the compiler of the sūtra did not bring out. For instance, the five hundred and eight thousand all had praises and statements, but these were abridged and not transmitted. Or it may be that merely proclaiming boundlessness in general is sufficient to express the Buddha's intent, and so he did not state more.