淨名經集解關中疏 1.309

1.309

爾時長者維摩詰自念寢疾于床　品文二。初自念疾。後佛命問疾。此初先自念也。生曰。自念寢疾者自傷念疾也。夫有身則有疾。此自世之常耳。達者體之何所傷哉。然毘耶離諸長者子皆觀佛聽法。維摩詰事應是同而礙疾不預。理在致傷。故託以崇法招佛問疾也。

"At that time, the elder Vimalakīrti thought to himself: 'I lie ill in bed.'" The text of the chapter has two parts: first, thinking to himself about his illness; later, the Buddha ordering [the disciples] to inquire after his illness. This first part is thinking to himself first. [Dao]sheng said: "Thinking to himself that he lay ill means lamenting his illness. Where there is a physical body, there is illness; this is merely the ordinary course of the world. How could those who have reached understanding lament it when realizing it? Yet the sons of the elders of Vaiśālī all gaze upon the Buddha and listen to the Dharma. Vimalakīrti ought to be among them as well, but hindered by illness he does not participate. In principle, this causes lament. Therefore, he relies upon it to extol the Dharma and invite the Buddha to inquire after his illness."