金剛般若經旨贊 2.179

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經。於前福德至所不能及　贊曰。此正校量也。下持經福以為多。下全舉施福不及其一千萬億。下亦復如是。算數譬喻所不及。此中准論有四勝故。所不能及一者數勝。即是此中算數不及。經福雖少性無限故。數亦無限。非彼施福有限數法所能及故。二者力勝。即餘本言歌羅分也。如折一毛百分之心。一名為歌羅。義釋為力。以無漏福少分力勢非即漏善力所及故。三無似勝。即餘本言數不能及。以持經福全不比數施福類故。如貴賤人不相以數。四者因勝。即餘本言鄔波尼殺曇。此譯為因。舉因攝果。施福招苦因果俱劣。經因雖少福成佛果因果勝故。由四勝故譬喻不及。故論頌云。

Sūtra: "...compared to the previous merit... cannot equal it." / Commentary: This is the actual comparison. The subsequent merit of retaining the sūtra is regarded as greater; the subsequent full citation of the merit of charity does not equal one hundredth, thousandth, ten-thousandth, or hundred-millionth of it; the subsequent is also like this: calculation and metaphor cannot reach it. Here, according to the treatise, there are four kinds of superiority why it cannot equal it: First is numerical superiority, which is here 'calculation cannot reach it.' Although the sūtra's merit seems small, because its nature is limitless, its number is also limitless, which cannot be reached by that merit of charity, which is a dharma of limited number. Second is power superiority, which other editions term a 'kalā portion.' Like a single hair split into a hundred parts, one part is called a kalā, explained in meaning as power; because the small power and influence of uncontaminated merit is not something that the power of contaminated wholesome [action] can reach. Third is incomparability superiority, which other editions term 'number cannot reach,' because the merit of retaining the sūtra cannot be compared at all to the category of the merit of charity, just as noble and base persons are not counted together. Fourth is causal superiority, which other editions call 'upaniṣad,' translated here as 'cause.' Citing the cause encompasses the fruit; the merit of charity incurs suffering, so cause and fruit are both inferior, whereas although the sūtra's cause seems small, its merit accomplishes the buddha fruit, so cause and fruit are superior. Because of these four superiorities, metaphor cannot reach it. Hence the treatise verse says: