成唯識論述記 1.24

1.24

From “These three parts of the treatise establish vijñapti-mātra…” onwards is the third part, the “section of concluding explanation and dedicating vows.” Thus the text of that commentary is divided into these three sections. Within the first section, this initial verse is where Dharmapāla and the others take refuge in and pay homage to the field of merit, seeking protection by relying on its power, and express their own sincere intent, revealing the reason for commenting on the treatise. The prose that follows is where Sthiramati and others clarify the root author of the treatise's reasons for composing the root verses of the treatise, in order to enable sentient beings to obtain superior fruits, and so forth; this is to distinguish the differing sectional headings.