維摩經略疏 4.27

4.27

From "Śāriputra [said to the Buddha]" onward is second: Śāriputra presents his declining as being unequal [to the task]. The text has four parts: first, he presents his declining as being unequal; second, he recounts the reason for being unequal; third, he directly recounts the matter of being unequal; fourth, he concludes his being unequal. In the first passage, having been rebuked in the past and failing to comprehend his words, he was unequal to receiving the command to go and inquire after the illness.