金光明經文句 2.8

2.8

二、引證者，方八十年證有量也。諸天世人八部之眾無能思算，山斤海滴不可數知，此證量無量也。虛空分界不可齊限，證境無分別也。又唯除如來證智可分別也。又下文去，智淵無邊法水具足，亦是證智也。壽不可計，此證不可說也。將欲宣暢釋迦如來所得壽命，此證慈悲可說也。又聞是四佛宣說如來壽命無量，證大悲可說也。新本明婆羅門求佛舍利如粟大，求六天報，即證有量也。王子說金光明難思難解福報無邊，福報無邊是證量無量，難思難解即總證智境不可說等（云云）。

Second, citing proof: 'Merely eighty years' proves the measurable. 'The heavenly beings, humans, and eight classes cannot calculate it', and 'the catties of mountains and drops of the ocean cannot be counted and known'—these prove the immeasurable of the measurable. 'The boundaries of empty space cannot be delimited' proves the non-discrimination of the object. Also, 'only the Tathāgata excepted' proves that the wisdom can have distinctions. Further, in the text below, 'the abyss of wisdom is boundless, and the waters of the Dharma are replete' also proves wisdom. 'The lifespan cannot be calculated' proves the inexpressible. 'Wishing to proclaim the lifespan obtained by the Tathāgata Śākyamuni' proves that it can be expressed through compassion. Further, 'hearing these four Buddhas proclaim the immeasurable lifespan of the Tathāgata' proves that it can be expressed through great compassion. The new translation clarifies that the brāhmaṇa seeking a relic of the Buddha the size of a grain of millet to seek retribution among the six heavens proves the measurable. The prince saying that the Suvarṇaprabhāsa is 'difficult to conceive and difficult to understand, with boundless karmic reward'—'boundless karmic reward' proves the immeasurable of the measurable, and 'difficult to conceive and difficult to understand' generally proves the inexpressibility of wisdom and object, and so forth.