འཕགས་པ་བྱང་ཆབ་སམས་དཔའ་སྤྱད་པ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.11
Teaching the Practice of a Bodhisattva notes.11
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11. The meaning of this verse is a bit obscure, but it is likely a reference to the role that maintaining the pratimokṣa vows of a fully ordained monastic plays in the purification of gifts that are offered to the saṅgha and the resulting merit that accrues to the donor. Here Ratnadatta is challenging Maudgalyāyana’s ability to perform one of the primary soteriological functions that the monastic saṅgha can perform for the lay donors who are their support by suggesting that Maudgalyāyana is unable to purify the gifts given in support of the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha because his understanding of the process of making offerings is tainted by apprehending/referentiality.