維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.10

3.10

The textual divisions are four, as before. In the second, his declining because he was not equal to the task: because Maudgalyāyana's cognitive obscurations were not yet dispelled, he could not engage directly with affairs without impediment. His supernatural powers did not manifest, and his preaching of the Dharma was not appropriate [to the capacity of the listeners]; on this account he was rebuked.