說無垢稱經疏 4.100

4.100

贊曰：下辭亦三，此總陳道屈。《放鉢經》云「彌勒語文殊師利言：『如汝等輩，百千萬億，亦不能知我舉足下足之事。』」豈以小生所繫道屈濟流？良以進德先知推名上士，故假之以前屈詞。今命以對揚，非是彌勒實為屈矣。昔說不退，令彼希求，彼說無相如門。今作因緣之言，時道以屈，故詞不堪。

Commentary: The declining words below also have three parts; this generally presents that his path was humbled. The Sūtra on the Released Bowl says: 'Maitreya said to Mañjuśrī: "Even hundreds of thousands of kotis of those like you could not know the lifting and lowering of my foot."' How could someone bound to one more birth have his path humbled by an ordinary stream? It is truly because those advanced in virtue and possessing prior knowledge defer prestige to the superior person, and hence fictively put forward words of being humbled previously. Now that he was commanded to respond, it is not that Maitreya was truly humbled. In the past, he spoke of non-retrogression to make them seek it, and [Vimalakīrti] spoke of the signless as the entrance. Now, having made a statement on conditions, his path was humbled at the time, hence he declined as incompetent.