A Master of the Sea Itself
Before naming any bodhisattva liberation, Vaira first lays out the sheer scope of his own worldly craft — every treasure the ocean holds, every danger it conceals, the sky's own clock overhead, and a ship's own soundness down to its timbers and fittings.
Every Treasure, Every Danger
Vaira's own mastery begins with the sea's own wealth and its own hazards in the same breath — every treasure-isle known and prized, every nāga and yakṣa palace known and skillfully avoided.
「善男子！我知海中一切寶洲、一切寶處、一切寶類、一切寶種。我知淨一切寶、鑽一切寶、出一切寶、作一切寶。我知一切寶器、一切寶用、一切寶境界、一切寶光明。我知一切龍宮處、一切夜叉宮處、一切部多宮處，皆善迴避，免其諸難。
"Good son, I know every treasure-isle in the sea, every treasure-place, every treasure-type, and every treasure-species. I know how to purify every treasure, how to bore into every treasure, how to extract every treasure, and how to fashion every treasure. I know every treasure-vessel, every treasure's own use, every treasure's own domain, and every treasure's own light. I know the location of every nāga palace, every yakṣa palace, and every bhūta palace, and I skillfully avoid them all, escaping every danger from them.
Currents, Stars, and a Ship's Own Timbers
Vaira's own knowledge of the sea reaches from the water's own surface to the sky above it, down finally to the physical soundness of the vessel itself — the exact craft that lets him know, at every moment, whether to sail on or to stop.
亦善別知，漩澓淺深，波濤遠近，水色好惡，種種不同。亦善別知，日月星宿運行度數，晝夜晨晡，晷漏延促。亦知其船鐵木堅脆、機關澁滑，水之大小，風之逆順；如是一切安危之相無不明了，可行則行，可止則止。善男子！我以成就如是智慧，常能利益一切眾生。
I also skillfully distinguish the depth of every whirlpool, the distance of every wave, and the color of the water, whether fair or foul, in every kind of variation. I also skillfully distinguish the movements and degrees of the sun, moon, and constellations, the times of day and night, morning and evening, and the lengthening and shortening of the sundial's shadow and the water-clock's drops. I also know whether a ship's iron and wood are strong or brittle, whether its mechanisms are stiff or smooth, the size of the water, and whether the wind is favorable or adverse; every sign of safety and danger such as this, I understand entirely without exception, proceeding when it is right to proceed and stopping when it is right to stop. Good son, through accomplishing such wisdom as this, I am constantly able to benefit every being.
可行則行，可止則止 — proceeding when it is right to proceed and stopping when it is right to stop. Every piece of Vaira's own knowledge, from treasure to timber, converges on this one plain judgment — knowing not what to do in general, but precisely when to act and when to hold back, a discernment his own passengers depend on entirely.
Part 1049 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle sixty-seven. Part 1050 follows Vaira's own account of carrying merchants safely to treasure and back, before confessing his own limitation and naming a twenty-fourth teacher in a city named Delightful.