梁朝傅大士頌金剛經 1.89

1.89

須菩提。如恒河中所有沙數。如是沙等恒河。於意云何。是諸恒河沙寧為多不。須菩提言。甚多世尊。但諸恒河尚多無數。何況其沙。須菩提。我今實言告汝。若有善男子善女人。以七寶滿爾所恒河沙數三千大千世界。以用布施得福多不。須菩提言。甚多世尊。佛告須菩提。若善男子善女人。於此經中乃至受持四句偈等。為他人說。而此福德勝前福德。

"Subhūti, if there were as many Ganges Rivers as the sands in the Ganges, what do you think? Would the grains of sand in all those Ganges Rivers be many?"
Subhūti said, "Very many, Bhagavat. Even the Ganges Rivers would be countless, let alone their grains of sand."
"Subhūti, I now declare to you in truth: if a good man or good woman filled as many trichiliocosms as the grains of sand in those Ganges Rivers with the seven jewels and gave them in donation, would their merit be great?"
Subhūti said, "Very great, Bhagavat."
The Buddha said to Subhūti, "If a good man or good woman accepts and upholds from this sūtra even as little as a four-line verse and speaks it to others, this merit far surpasses the former merit."