金光明經文句記 5.204

5.204

四、「從南」下，歸敬三寶。一切眾經初皆歸敬者，謂結集經者皆有歸敬在通敘前。此方好略，譯人省之。亦有存者，如《薩遮尼乾子所說經》初云「歸命大智海，毘盧遮那佛。」注云：外國本一切經首皆有此句。「諸論」下，即造論者歸敬也，如《智度》、《起信》等。三寶者，佛、法可知；功德、大辯即菩薩，理和僧也。南無，此云歸命。

Fourth, from "Namah" downward, [the text shows] refuge and reverence toward the Three Jewels. The reason all sūtras begin with refuge and reverence is that the compilers of the sūtras all had refuge and reverence prior to the general narrative. In this region [China], brevity is favored, so translators omitted it. There are also those that preserve it, as at the beginning of the Satyaka-nirgrantha-sūtra, which says: "I take refuge in the Great Ocean of Wisdom, Vairocana Buddha." A note says: "The foreign manuscripts of all sūtras have this line at the head." "The treatises" downward refers to the refuge and reverence of treatise-authors, such as in the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa and the Awakening of Faith. As for the Three Jewels: the Buddha and the Dharma are self-evident; "merit and great eloquence" refers to the bodhisattvas, the Sangha of principle and harmony. Namah means "taking refuge with one's life" here.