金光明經文句記 2.148

2.148

初、約身陳類。今之三業表法之身，本是血肉不淨之物。次舉二喻。栴檀，香木。伊蘭，臭樹。《大經》明闍王造逆，後既見佛罪除，乃自敘云：「我見世間從伊蘭子生伊蘭樹，不見伊蘭生栴檀樹。我今始見從伊蘭子生栴檀樹，伊蘭子者，我身是也。栴檀樹者，即是我心無根信也。」

First, he sets forth analogies in terms of the body. The present body of the three actions that expresses the Dharma was originally an impure thing of flesh and blood. Next, he raises two similes: sandalwood is a fragrant tree; eraṇḍa is a foul-smelling tree. The *Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra* clarifies that King Ajātaśatru committed rebellions, and later, having seen the Buddha, his offenses were eliminated, whereupon he stated of his own accord: "I have seen in the world that from eraṇḍa seeds an eraṇḍa tree grows, but I have never seen eraṇḍa give birth to a sandalwood tree. Now for the first time I see a sandalwood tree born from an eraṇḍa seed. The eraṇḍa seed is my body; the sandalwood tree is the rootless faith in my mind."