仁王般若經疏 3.128

3.128

Within the first [section on] entrustment there are two parts: first, clarifying the entrustment to kings of states to uphold prajñā; second, from "not to bhikṣus..." onward, clarifying next that because they lack royal power and prestige, it is not entrusted to them, but only orders them to uphold, recite, and explain its doctrines. Entrusting it to kings has two meanings: 1. they can transform sentient beings who are difficult to transform; 2. they benefit great men just as the wind bends the grass. Bhikṣus lack such power, so it cannot be entrusted [to them].