金光明最勝王經疏 6.203

6.203

下說頌有五十六頌，分二：初二頌總標修行、後五十四頌別頌捨身。前長行有十段，今頌大段略不頌第四思應捨命、第七虎遂能食、第十結示利生，即分為七：初一頌半頌第一陳往眷屬、次半頌頌第二述昔歡遊、次一頌頌第三遇苦悲生、次一頌頌第五捐身救濟、次二頌頌第六瑞感人天、次四十六頌半頌第八眷屬號戀、次一頌半頌第九為立制底。初五段，準文可知。頌眷屬號戀中長行有三：初「二兄怪不還」下六頌頌兄弟悲啼，細分可知。略不頌侍衛追覓。「菩薩捨身時」下四十頌半頌父母哀歎，前長行有十一，無先遣臣出，今頌中有，然無第十、第十一母泣陳悲、第三王慰夫人在、第四王臣出覓中，故但分十。初十一頌頌夫人驚異、次半頌頌第二王遂悲惶、次「因命諸群臣」下十四頌頌第四王臣出覓、次「王復更前行」下五頌半頌第五得子委由、次「時王及夫人」下七頌頌第六知已悲噎、次「我今速可之山下」下二頌頌第七詣捨身所、次半頌頌第八覩見崩摧。就夫人驚異中分五：初一頌宮內歡樂；次一頌半感激乳流；次六頌半頌悲淚白王，前長行中寢夢不祥、侍女聞言走入馳告、母聞愁惱，總在此白王中，更不別頌，以文影略離煩重故；次一頌白已悶絕；次一頌婇女憂惶「王聞如是語」下頌第二王遂悲傷。「因命諸群臣下」十四頌王臣出覓，前長行有七，今頌分三：初半頌命臣追覓，長行中無。次九頌頌初四散推求，於中初三頌臣佐尋求、次「爾時大車」下四頌頌前第三王慰夫人，以文便故。又長行中悲淚白王，不言悶絕以水灑蘇，今頌中有，文影略故。後「王即與夫人」下二頌頌王出推求，初一頌王、次一頌臣。「王求愛子故」下四頌半頌王臣出覓中第二大臣來白，於中分三：初一頌半頌王見使來、次一頌舉手招問、後二頌大臣進白。「王復更前行」下五頌半頌前第五得子委由，於中分四：初半頌王見臣來、次一頌白二子存、次半頌報薩埵亡、次三頌半述其死由。「時王及夫人」下頌第六知已悲噎，於中分四，初一頌父母悶絕、次一頌臣佐水灑、次三頌又臣重報、次二頌父母號歎。次二頌第七詣捨身所。次半頌第八覩見崩摧。次一頌半大段第九為立制底。

Below, the spoken verses contain fifty-six verses, divided into two parts: first, two verses generally indicate the practice; second, fifty-four verses specifically versify the giving up of the body. In the preceding prose there were ten sections. Now, in the verses, the main divisions generally do not versify the fourth, ‘Reflecting That He Ought to Give Up His Life’, the seventh, ‘The Tigress Then Being Able to Eat’, and the tenth, ‘Concluding by Demonstrating the Benefiting of Sentient Beings’, thus dividing into seven:
first, one and a half verses versify the first, ‘Recounting Past Kin’;
second, half a verse versifies the second, ‘Relating Past Pleasure Outing’;
third, one verse versifies the third, ‘Encountering Suffering and Giving Rise to Compassion’;
fourth, one verse versifies the fifth, ‘Relinquishing the Body for Deliverance’;
fifth, two verses versify the sixth, ‘Auspicious Omens Moving Humans and Devas’;
sixth, forty-six and a half verses versify the eighth, ‘The Kin Wailing and Yearning’;
seventh, one and a half verses versify the ninth, ‘Erecting a Caitya for Him’.
The first five sections can be known according to the text. In versifying ‘The Kin Wailing and Yearning’, the prose had three parts: first, from ‘The two elder brothers wondered why he did not return’ downward, six verses versify the brothers' sorrowful weeping, which can be known through fine division. It briefly omits versifying the attendants' pursuit and search. From ‘When the Bodhisattva gave up his body’ downward, forty and a half verses versify the parents' sorrowful lamentation. The preceding prose had eleven parts; there was no initial dispatching of ministers to go out, but in the present verses there is; however, there is no tenth or eleventh part for the mother weeping and stating her grief; the third, the king comforting the lady, is included in the fourth, the king and ministers going out to search; therefore, it is merely divided into ten:
first, eleven verses versify the lady's alarm and wonder;
second, half a verse versifies the second, the king then falling into sorrow and panic;
third, from ‘he therefore ordered all his ministers’ downward, fourteen verses versify the fourth, the king and ministers going out to search;
fourth, from ‘The king went further forward’ downward, five and a half verses versify the fifth, learning the detailed circumstances of their son;
fifth, from ‘At that time, the king and the lady’ downward, seven verses versify the sixth, choking with grief upon learning it;
sixth, from ‘I must now go quickly to the foot of the mountain’ downward, two verses versify the seventh, arriving at the place where he gave up his body;
seventh, half a verse versifies the eighth, witnessing the collapse.
Within the lady's alarm and wonder, there are five parts: first, one verse on palace pleasure; second, one and a half verses on deeply feeling the flow of milk; third, six and a half verses versifying her tearfully informing the king—in the preceding prose, dreaming in sleep of an ill omen, the maidservants hearing her words and rushing in to report, and the mother hearing it with distress, are all included here within informing the king, and are not separately versified, because the text is abbreviated to avoid cumbersome repetition; fourth, one verse on swooning after having informed him; fifth, one verse on the maidens' anxiety and panic. From ‘The king, hearing these words’ downward, it versifies the second, the king then falling into sorrow. From ‘he therefore ordered all his ministers’ downward, fourteen verses on the king and ministers going out to search: the preceding prose had seven, and the present verses divide into three: first, half a verse on ordering the ministers to pursue and search, which is absent in the prose; next, nine verses versifying the initial searching in all four directions, in which the first three verses are the ministers searching; next, from ‘At that time Mahāratha’ downward, four verses versify the earlier third part, the king comforting the lady, for the convenience of the text. Furthermore, in the prose, when she tearfully informs the king, it does not mention swooning and reviving by being sprinkled with water, but in the present verses it is present, because the text is abbreviated. Afterwards, from ‘The king then, with the lady’ downward, two verses versify the king going out to search, the first verse being the king, and the next verse being the ministers. From ‘Because the king was seeking his beloved son’ downward, four and a half verses versify the arrival and report of the second minister within the king and ministers going out to search; within this, it divides into three: first, one and a half verses versifying the king seeing the messenger arrive; next, one verse on raising hands to beckon and ask; finally, two verses on the minister stepping forward to report. From ‘The king went further forward’ downward, five and a half verses versify the earlier fifth part, learning the detailed circumstances of their son; within this, it divides into four: first, half a verse on the king seeing the minister arrive; next, one verse reporting that the two sons survive; next, half a verse reporting that Sattva has perished; next, three and a half verses relating the reason for his death. From ‘At that time, the king and the lady’ downward, it versifies the sixth, choking with grief upon learning it; within this, it divides into four: first, one verse on the parents swooning; next, one verse on the ministers sprinkling water; next, three verses on another minister reporting again; next, two verses on the parents wailing and lamenting. Next, two verses on the seventh, arriving at the place where he gave up his body. Next, half a verse on the eighth, witnessing the collapse. Next, one and a half verses on the ninth major section, erecting a caitya for him.