說無垢稱經疏 2.104

2.104

贊曰：此舉喻況。須彌山者，此名妙高，水上高八萬踰繕那。四寶所成名妙，妙是勝義。依今大乘，東面金、西面銀、南面瑠璃、北面水精，用此四珍之所集成，故名大寶。妙高山王處在大海，大海深量八萬踰繕那、廣量二十四萬踰繕那。餘七金山，外半半下，海准亦然。獨妙高山，高大巍巍然，逈出於大海眾山之上。海喻生死一切眾生，山喻菩薩聲聞聖眾，妙高山王喻於如來巍巍逈出。巍然者，高大之貌。薩婆多宗，山踞金輪；大乘不然，故處大海。

Commentary: This presents the simile. As for Mount Sumeru, here it is called 'Wondrously Lofty' (Meru); its height above the water is eighty thousand yojanas. Being composed of the four treasures, it is called 'wondrous,' 'wondrous' carrying the meaning of supremacy. Relying on the present Mahāyāna, the eastern face is gold, the western face is silver, the southern face is lapis lazuli, and the northern face is crystal; being composed together from these four precious substances, it is therefore called 'the great jewel.' The king of mountains, Meru, is situated in the great ocean; the depth of the great ocean is eighty thousand yojanas, and its breadth is two hundred and forty thousand yojanas. The remaining seven golden mountains decrease by half and half going outwards, and the oceans correspond likewise. Mount Meru alone is lofty, immense, and majestic, standing far above the great ocean and the multitude of mountains. The ocean is a simile for all sentient beings in saṃsāra; the mountains are a simile for the noble assembly of bodhisattvas and śrāvakas; the king of mountains, Meru, is a simile for the Tathāgata towering majestically, standing far above. 'Towering majestically' is the appearance of loftiness and greatness. According to the Sarvāstivāda school, the mountain rests upon the golden wheel; in the Mahāyāna it is not so, and thus it is situated in the great ocean.