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贊曰：自下第八，命優婆離，初命、後辭。此命也。梵云優婆離，此云近執。佛為太子，彼為近臣，執治政事，故云近執，即守庫藏之官僚也。諸釋出家，留所著衣寶冠及象而皆與之。後便思念：「釋子豪貴，尚捨出家。我何人也，而猶安住？」以冠挂樹、象繫樹間，願言：「取者我當奉施。」往釋子所，具述來情。釋子咸喜，便來白佛：「請先度之，為我上座，自捨慢心，我當敬事。」佛便許之，釋子致敬，禮拜波離，大地震動。空聲遙贊：「是諸王子，我慢山崩。屈己先尊，今禮卑足。」為持律之上首，故今命之。

The Commentary says: From this point onward is the eighth [disciple], appointing Upāli. First is the appointment, and then the declining words. This is the appointment. The Sanskrit name is Upāli, which here translates as 'Near Attendant' (Jinzhi). When the Buddha was a prince, he was a close minister handling government affairs, hence 'near attendant'; that is, an official guarding the storehouse. When the Śākyas left the household life, they left the garments, jeweled crowns, and elephants they used, giving them all to him. Later, he reflected: 'Even the noble and wealthy Śākya sons have abandoned everything to leave the household life. What kind of person am I, that I should still remain?' He hung the crowns on trees, tied the elephants between the trees, and made a vow, saying: 'Whoever takes them, I shall offer them as a gift.' He went to where the Śākya sons were and explained in full his reasons for coming. The Śākya sons were all delighted, and they came to address the Buddha: 'Please ordain him first, to be our senior elder, so that we may abandon our arrogance and respectfully serve him.' The Buddha granted this. When the Śākya sons paid homage and prostrated to Upāli, the great earth shook. A voice in the sky praised from afar: 'The mountain of conceit of these princes has collapsed! Yielding their own status to honour what was previously low, they now bow to humble feet.' Because he is the foremost upholder of the Vinaya, he is appointed now.