法華論疏 1.182

1.182

十七名法門者，自上來明佛乘。佛乘具足萬德，所以辨眾德無量。今明德已無量，文亦無量也。故下文云「說是法華經如恒沙偈」，亦如〈藥王品〉云「八百千萬億那由他頻婆羅等偈」。〈藥王品〉稱偈，今明舒盧迦，亦可以偈翻舒盧迦，亦可異名也。此具如《法華疏》釋。外國或名首盧，或名舒盧迦，是彼音不同耳。問：何故云首盧偈？答曰：首盧是通偈。外國數法，若長行若偈竝名首盧，故不取別偈。

Regarding "the seventeenth name is 'Dharma Gate'," from above it has clarified the Buddha vehicle. The Buddha vehicle is complete with ten thousand virtues, which is why it distinguishes immeasurable virtues. Now it clarifies that since the virtues are already immeasurable, the texts are also immeasurable. Therefore, the passage below says, "expounding this Lotus Sūtra in verses like the sands of the Ganges"; it is also as the "Medicine King Chapter" says, "eight hundred thousand million nayutas of bimbaras and other verses." The "Medicine King Chapter" refers to them as verses (gāthā), while here it clarifies ślokas; śloka can also be translated as verse, or it can be a different name. This is fully explained in the Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra. In foreign lands it is sometimes called shoulou, and sometimes called shulujia; it is merely that their pronunciations differ. Question: Why is it called a shoulou verse? Answer: Shoulou is a general term for verse. According to the counting method in foreign lands, whether prose or verse, both are called shoulou; hence it does not pick out a specific verse form.