金光明最勝王經疏 6.289

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下陳願護，有八頌分二：初四頌見利益故自願護。於中，一頌知佛語實故、次一頌知佛大悲故、次一頌知具資糧故願、次一頌知能滅障故願、次有四頌見他護隨喜。於中，初一頌見梵釋八部護；次一頌見地空等神護；次二頌見佛自護，初一頌讚佛德具護持此經、次一頌顯護決定。此意見佛及梵釋等一切皆護、深生隨喜、故願自護。問：若見梵釋等護持此經生隨喜者，何故下文方說梵釋等願護？答：見前四天王護持品及藥叉等護持品中說，故生隨喜。又解：即見前長行總願護中六十俱胝諸天大眾恭敬護持，即梵釋等，故見無咎。

Below is declaring the vow to protect, which has eight verses divided into two: the first four verses, seeing the benefits, vow to protect it themselves. Within this: one verse, knowing the Buddha's words are true; the next verse, knowing the Buddha's mahākaruṇā; the next verse, knowing the provisions are complete, vowing; the next verse, knowing it can eliminate hindrances, vowing. Next there are four verses of rejoicing in others' protection. Within this: the first verse, seeing Brahmā, Śakra, and the eight classes protect it; the next verse, seeing the spirits of earth, sky, and so forth protect it; the next two verses, seeing the Buddha himself protect it—the first verse praises the Buddha's virtues as complete in protecting and maintaining this sūtra, and the next verse reveals the definitiveness of the protection. This meaning is that, seeing the Buddha, Brahmā, Śakra, and all others protect it, they give rise to deep rejoicing, and therefore vow to protect it themselves. Question: If they give rise to rejoicing upon seeing Brahmā, Śakra, and others protecting this sūtra, why is it only in the text below that Brahmā, Śakra, and others are said to vow to protect it? Answer: They see what was expounded previously in the 'Chapter on the Protection by the Four Heavenly Kings' and the 'Chapter on the Protection by Yakṣas and Others', and therefore give rise to rejoicing. Another explanation: they see earlier in the prose general vow to protect that sixty koṭis of devas in the great assembly reverently protect it; these are Brahmā, Śakra, and the rest, so seeing this presents no fault.