藥師經疏 1.2

1.2

經。於其國中至正法之藏　四明持法有二。菩薩摩訶薩者菩薩如前。釋摩訶薩者。翻為大覺士。佛地第二云。菩薩有三大士名摩訶薩。一者數大以無量故。二者德大謂住大乘遊大乘等。三者業大謂息眾生諸苦惱故。利樂有情。是菩薩業。由斯三義名摩訶薩。一名日光。二名月光者。宋本云。一名日耀。二名月淨。唐本云。一名日光遍照。二名月光遍照。是彼國中尊勝上首。猶如□土慈氏妙吉祥等。

Sūtra: 'In that land...' to '...the treasury of the True Dharma.' Fourth, clarifying the upholding of the Dharma has two [parts]. As for 'bodhisattva mahāsattva', 'bodhisattva' is as before. Explaining 'mahāsattva', it is translated as 'great awakened being'. The second [fascicle] of the Buddhabhūmi[-upadeśa] states that a bodhisattva has three greatnesses, hence being called a mahāsattva: first, greatness of number, because they are immeasurable; second, greatness of virtue, meaning dwelling in the Mahāyāna, traversing the Mahāyāna, and so forth; third, greatness of activity, meaning quenching the various sufferings and afflictions of sentient beings. Benefiting and bringing joy to sentient beings is the activity of a bodhisattva. Due to these three meanings, they are called mahāsattvas. As for 'one named Sūryaprabha, the second named Candraprabha': the Song version says, 'one named Riyao, the second named Yuejing.' The Tang version says, 'one named Sūryaprabhāsa, the second named Candraprabhāsa.' They are the foremost, supreme leaders in that land, just like Maitreya and Mañjuśrī in this […] land.