俱舍論記 1.15

1.15

「論曰至方申敬禮」者，就長行中，一總標頌意、二別釋頌文。此即總標。論主今欲造《俱舍論》，雖復以德召人，本意為顯釋迦自師德體尊高，超諸二乘菩薩聖眾，故先讚德方申敬禮。或聖眾者，諸外道等自謂聖眾，諸言所表謂佛世尊者，此下別釋。以德召人，餘人無德，諸言雖總，還表世尊。

'The commentary states: [...] only thereafter extending homage': in the prose commentary, first, the overall intent of the verse is generally marked; second, the verse text is separately explained. This is the general marking. Desiring now to compose the Abhidharmakośa-śāstra, although the treatise master summons the person by means of virtue, his underlying intent is to demonstrate that his own teacher, Śākyamuni, possesses a nature of virtue that is exalted and supreme, transcending all the noble assemblies of the two vehicles and bodhisattvas; therefore, he first praises virtues and only thereafter extends homage. Alternatively, as for 'noble assemblies', the various non-Buddhists and others consider themselves to be noble assemblies. As for 'what is indicated by the word "whoever" refers to the Buddha, the World-Honoured One': from here downward is the separate explanation. Because one summons the person by means of virtue, and other persons lack this virtue, although the word 'whoever' is general, it ultimately refers to the World-Honoured One.