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　　优婆夷言：
　　「善男子！我唯得此求一切法无厌足三昧光明，为一切众生说微妙法，皆令欢喜。如诸菩萨摩诃萨，如金翅鸟，游行虚空无所障碍，能入一切众生大海，见有善根已成熟者，便即执取置菩提岸；又如商客，入大宝洲，采求如来十力智宝；又如渔师，持正法网，入生死海，于爱水中漉诸众生；如阿修罗王，能遍枆[1]动三有大城诸烦恼海；又如日轮，出现虚空，照爱水泥，令其乾竭；又如满月，出现虚空，令可化者心华开敷；又如大地，普皆平等，无量众生于中止住，增长一切善法根芽；又如大风，所向无碍，能拔一切诸见大树；如转轮王，游行世间，以四摄事摄诸众生。而我云何能知能说彼功德行？」

Achala said, “In this way, learning enlightening beings’ practice of firm resolve, absorbed in tireless search for all truths, established in enlightening beings’ way of liberation by invincible knowledge, I satisfy all sentient beings with good explanation by following mental command of the stage of equanimity in all things, using the skill of the light of knowledge of how to elucidate the basis of all things. How can I know the practice or tell the virtues of the enlightening beings who are imbued with inconceivable, measureless virtues, who are like eagles soaring independently through the sky, who plunge into the sea of sentient beings to take out the mature enlightening beings, who search the treasure island of omniscience for the jewels of knowledge of the ten powers, who go like strong fishers into the sea of the mundane whirl with the net of the Teaching to mature beings born amid craving and pull them out of it, who go like titan kings throughout all realms of existence quelling the titanic disturbances and agitations of afflictions, who rise like the sun in the sky of the reality realm to evaporate the water of beings’ cravings and dry up the mud of afflictions, who rise like the full moon in the sky to awaken the water lilies of the minds of the teachable, who support all beings equally, whether friendly or hostile, high or low, to plant and grow the sprouts of roots of goodness in all sentient beings, who go everywhere unhindered like the wind to uproot the afflictions and views of all sentient beings, who go through the world like sovereigns uniting all beings with generosity, kindness, assistance, and cooperation?

　　时，大光王从三昧起，告善财言：「善男子！我唯知此菩萨大慈为首随顺世间三昧门。如诸菩萨摩诃萨为高盖，慈心普荫诸众生故；为修行，下、中、上行悉等行故；为大地，能以慈心任持一切诸众生故；为满月，福德光明于世间中平等现故；为净日，以智光明照耀一切所知境故；为明灯，能破一切众生心中诸黑闇故；为水清珠，能清一切众生心中谄诳浊故；为如意宝，悉能满足一切众生心所愿故；为大风，速令众生修习三昧入一切智大城中故。而我云何能知其行，能说其德，能称量彼福德大山，能瞻仰彼功德众星，能观察彼大愿风轮，能趣入彼甚深法门，能显示彼庄严大海，能阐明彼普贤行门，能开示彼诸三昧窟，能赞叹彼大慈悲云？

　Then King Mahaprabha came out of that concentration and said to Sudhana, “I know this medium of the light of knowledge of practice of enlightening beings which is characterized by great benevolence. How can I know the practice, tell the virtues, measure the mountain of merit, view the myriad stars of virtuous qualities, encompass the atmosphere of great vows, measure the power of impartiality toward things, clarify the forms of arrangements of the vehicle of universal salvation, express the excellences of the principles of universally good practice, open the doors of cultivation of great enlightening concentrations, or are inseparable companions to all beings; who have set out to save all beings, working equally with the superior, inferior, and middling; whose benevolence is as impartial as the earth, supporting all beings; who are impartial as the full moon, shining the light of virtue and knowledge equally on all beings; who are impartial as the sun, illumining the world with knowledge of all that can be known; who are like great lamps, dispelling the darkness in the recesses of all beings’ minds; who are like water-clarifying jewels, removing the turbidity of deceit and guile from the water of beings’ minds; who are like wish-fulfilling jewels, fulfilling the aspirations of all beings; who are like a gale, driving all beings into the citadel of omniscience with its houses of concentration and equilibrium?