金光明最勝王經疏 3.304

3.304

贊曰：標聞法也。有二：初半見能擊鼓人、次半頌聞鼓說法。有一婆羅門，表能感教機。以杖擊者，表聞教者以善根杖感擊世尊能詮教鼓。或婆羅門表當見佛。故《俱舍論》云「所說沙門性，亦名婆羅門，亦名為梵輪，真梵所轉故。」準知世尊亦名真婆羅門，真淨行故。以大悲杖擊後得智鼓，流教法聲，聲上假立伽陀等故。此即諷誦伽陀頌也。

Commentary: Indicating hearing the Dharma. There are two parts: the first half[-verse] sees the person striking the drum; the next half-verse hears the drum preach the Dharma. "There was a brahmin" symbolizes the capacity receptive to the teaching. "Struck with a stick" symbolizes the listener using the stick of wholesome roots to strike the drum of the World-Honoured One's expressing teaching. Alternatively, the brahmin symbolizes the Buddha who is to be seen. Thus the Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya says: "That which is called śramaṇahood is also called brahminhood, and is also called the brahma-wheel, because it is turned by the true Brahma." From this one may know that the World-Honoured One is also called a true brahmin, because of his truly pure conduct. Striking the drum of pṛṣṭhalabdhajñāna with the stick of mahākaruṇā, he makes the sound of the teaching Dharma flow, and upon this sound gāthās and the like are nominally designated. This is the verse of recitation.