注大乘入楞伽經 1.14

1.14

自下正釋經文義，分為三：謂序、正、流通也。此品即序分。從〈問答品〉訖廣重頌，凡十七品，名正宗分。最後一頌，名流通分。初四卷本，此一品經全闕，獨首有六行餘文，以為略序。言羅婆那者，未見正譯，即夜叉王也。勸請如來入寶山中說自證法，復請大慧菩薩而為啟問之首，故言勸請。言品者，義類同者，聚在一段，故名品。是經總四千頌，有一十八品。此品建初，故云第一。

From here below, the sūtra text and its meanings are formally explained, divided into three parts: the preface, the main body, and the dissemination. This chapter is the preface portion. From the 'Questions and Answers Chapter' to the extensive recapitulatory verses, spanning seventeen chapters, it is called the main body portion. The final verse is called the dissemination portion. In the initial four-fascicle edition, this entire single chapter was lacking, having only six lines of text at the beginning to serve as a brief preface. As for 'Rāvaṇa', no official translation has been seen; he is the yakṣa king. He entreats the Tathāgata to enter the jewel mountain to expound the Dharma of his own inner realization, and further requests the Bodhisattva Mahāmati to be the leader of those posing inquiries; hence it is called 'entreaty'. As for 'chapter' (pin), meanings of the same category are gathered together in one section, hence it is called a chapter. This sūtra has four thousand verses in total and contains eighteen chapters. This chapter is established as the beginning, hence it is called the first.