俱舍論疏 1.21

1.21

三依文釋者，此論總有六百七頌，大分為三：前之三頌是釋頌序；次六百頌是根本頌，即是正宗；後之四頌及〈破我品〉釋頌流通。前三後四釋頌時加，非根本頌。然諸論不同，或有流通而無序分，如《二十唯識論》；或有序分而無流通，如《婆沙》等；或二俱有，如此論等；或二分俱無，如《發智》等。前三頌中有二別：初之一頌明歸敬序，次之二頌明發起序。前歸敬序中復分為二：先頌、後釋。頌中有三：前兩句讚所敬德，次之一句正申敬禮，後之一句述歸敬序意。就兩句中，初之一字表德所成人，次十三字明人所成德。就十三字中，上句六字顯智斷德，下之一句述其恩德。就六字中，初之三字顯其智德；次之一字述其斷德；後之兩字雙明二德，即是二種冥滅義也。下三句易了，如長行中釋。

Third, explaining according to the text: this treatise has six hundred and seven verses in total, broadly divided into three parts. The first three verses are the commentary's verse preface; the next six hundred verses are the fundamental verses, which are the main doctrinal body; the final four verses and the 'Refutation of the Self' chapter are the circulation section of the verse commentary. The first three and final four were added when the verses were commented upon, and are not fundamental verses. However, treatises differ: some have a circulation section but no preface, like the Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā; some have a preface but no circulation section, like the Vibhāṣā; some have both, like this treatise; some lack both sections, like the Jñānaprasthāna. Within the first three verses there are two divisions: the first verse explains the preface of homage, and the next two verses explain the preface of initiation. The preceding preface of homage is further divided into two: first the verses, then the prose commentary. In the verses there are three parts: the first two lines praise the virtues of the revered one, the next line formally expresses the homage, and the final line states the intent of the preface of homage. Within the first two lines, the first character indicates the person accomplished in virtue, and the next thirteen characters explain the virtues accomplished by the person. Within those thirteen characters, the upper line of six characters reveals the virtues of wisdom and abandonment, while the lower line expresses his virtue of benevolence. Within the six characters, the first three characters reveal his virtue of wisdom; the next single character expresses his virtue of abandonment; and the final two characters explain both virtues together, which is the meaning of the two kinds of dispelling darkness. The lower three lines are easy to understand, as explained in the prose commentary.