大般涅槃經集解 44.20

44.20

案僧亮曰：第三門，明惡有下中上也。下者，謂彼怨我，我還以惡報也；中者，無恩於我，以惡加人也；上者，有恩於我，又加其惡。王是下惡也。僧宗曰：第五舉昔業緣起富羅山事。寶亮曰：第三明先王以宿業所招，非其創罪之始。

Sengliang comments: The third approach explains that evil has lower, middling, and higher [degrees]. The lower refers to someone bearing a grudge against me, and my reciprocating with an evil retribution; the middling refers to someone having shown no kindness to me, yet I inflict evil upon them; the higher refers to someone having shown kindness to me, yet I inflict evil upon them. The king's [action] was lower evil. Sengzong says: The fifth adduces the conditions of past karma, bringing up the incident on Mount Vipula. Baoliang says: The third explains that the former king incurred this through past karma, and it was not the initial creation of sin on [Ajātaśatru's] part.