Shikshasamuccaya 277

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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.