金光明最勝王經疏 5.646

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下通答得號所由陳其正論。文復分二：初五頌略標、後五十二頌半廣釋。標中有三：初二頌標諸天助王行正法他益，有三：初一頌天助、次一頌王化。化中，初半滅惡、後半生善。次一頌半標人神共護自益，或亦是益他。由人神助力，令王化他捨惡修善，共護自益。言羅剎旃荼羅者，旃荼羅此云嚴幟執守惡者，即羅剎中執惡之者。此意惡此尚護，況餘善者。後「諸天共護」下一頌半標由令行善化人得諸天護，初半標示、後一頌別示善惡所得因果。問：造善可護，造惡如何護？答：由昔修善今得為王，故造惡時天示惡相，護令改修。

Below, generally answering the reasons for obtaining the title, he presents the correct treatise. The text is further divided into two parts: first, five verses briefly outlining it; afterwards, fifty-two and a half verses extensively explaining it. In the outline there are three parts: first, two verses outlining how all the gods assist the king in practicing the correct Dharma for the benefit of others, which has three aspects: first, one verse on divine assistance; next, one verse on the king's transformation [of his subjects]. Within the transformation, the first half eliminates evil, and the latter half generates goodness. Next, one and a half verses outline how humans and spirits jointly protect [him] for his own benefit, or perhaps it is also to benefit others. Through the assistance of humans and spirits, they cause the king to transform others by abandoning evil and cultivating goodness, jointly protecting him for his own benefit. Regarding the phrase "rākṣasas and caṇḍālas": "caṇḍāla" is translated here as "harsh-bannered warden of evil," meaning the ones among rākṣasas who enforce evil. The meaning is: even these evil ones still protect him, how much more so the remaining good ones! Afterwards, beginning from "All the gods jointly protect," one and a half verses outline how, by causing goodness to be practiced and transforming people, he obtains the protection of all the gods; the first half outlines and indicates it, and the latter one verse distinguishes and indicates the causes and effects obtained from good and evil. Question: Creating goodness can be protected; how can creating evil be protected? Answer: Because he cultivated goodness in the past, he is able to be a king now; therefore, when he creates evil, the gods show bad omens to protect him and cause him to reform and cultivate.