Shikshasamuccaya 277

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yadi kṣatriya-ādayo * api bodhi-satvāḥ katham eṣām āpatti-niyamo * anyeṣāṃ ca + ādhikyaṃ | atha tena sāmvarikāḥ | katham eṣām āpatti-vyavasthā | kathaṃ vā tad-doṣāt sāmvarikā api gṛhyante | na + eṣa doṣaḥ | yeṣāṃ yatra bahulaṃ saṃbhavaḥ te tatra + ā-koṭitāḥ sva-nāma-grahaṇa-darśanād bhaya-utpādana-arthaṃ | paras-paratas tu sarvaiḥ sarvā āpattayaḥ parihartavyāḥ ||

If kṣatriyas and others are also bodhisattvas, why is there this restriction of downfalls for them and an excess for others? Or, through that, [does it mean] they possess vows? How is the arrangement of their downfalls determined? Or why are even vow-holders included through their faults? There is no fault in this. Those for whom [these faults] frequently occur are singled out there, in order to generate fear through seeing the mention of their own names; but with respect to one another, all downfalls are to be avoided by all.