成唯識論掌中樞要 1.145

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言「天愛」者，梵云「沒劫」，此名為「愚」。愚有三名：一、提婆。此云「天」；二、暱縛，（平聲呼之。）此云「光明」；三、鉢剌闍鉢底。此云「生主」，鉢剌闍，生也；鉢底，主也。舊云「世主」也。摩訶波闍波提，名「大生主」是也，此即梵王。世間之勝莫過於天，世間之劣莫過愚者。喚愚為天調之故也，喚奴為郎君等。「光明」者照了義，愚人癡闇調喚為光明，如名貧人為富財物，亦如喚鈍人為聰明物。梵王世間皆計為父，猶彼所生，但知端坐，雖能生一切，都無動作。癡人喻彼，雖被驅使，百種皆作，都無所知，無小別識。劣從勝號，名曰「生主」。此癡夫可怜故，曰「天愛」也。餘義同常。

The term devānāmpriya ('beloved of the gods'): in Sanskrit it is mogha, which here means 'fool'. 'Fool' has three names: first, deva, translated here as 'god'; second, deva (pronounced with an even tone), translated here as 'radiance'; third, Prajāpati, translated here as 'Lord of Progeny'—prajā means 'progeny' and pati means 'lord', formerly translated as 'Lord of the World'. Mahāprajāpatī is 'Great Lord of Progeny', which refers to Brahmā. Nothing in the world is superior to the gods, and nothing in the world is inferior to a fool. Calling a fool a 'god' is by way of teasing, like calling a servant 'young master' and the like. 'Radiance' has the meaning of illumination and understanding; one teases a fool in their dull ignorance by calling them 'radiance', just as one calls a poor person 'wealthy goods', or calls a dull person a 'clever fellow'. People in the world all regard Brahmā as their father, as if born from him; he merely knows how to sit upright, and although able to produce everything, he is entirely devoid of activity. The foolish person is likened to him: although driven about and performing a hundred kinds of work, they understand nothing at all, lacking even the slightest discriminating consciousness. Giving the inferior the appellation of the superior, they are called 'Lord of Progeny'. Because this foolish fellow is pitiable, he is called 'beloved of the gods'. The remaining meanings are as usual.