瑜伽論記 5.359

5.359

In the second section explaining the intention gāthās, the text is divided into three: First, concluding the preceding to introduce the following and identifying the questioner; next, citing the gāthās; and finally, following with individual explanations. Among the fifty-one verses, the text is divided into two: First, one verse in which Brahmā requests by raising questions; following are fifty verses in which the World-Honoured One answers the requested questions. [The first] has two parts: the upper half praises, and the lower half requests. The request has three parts: first, asking about the essence of training; second, asking about the number of trainings; third, asking about the phenomena of training. These are matched in order to the verse of request: 'training,' 'what is trained in,' and 'the text on cultivating training.'