大般涅槃經義記 1.83

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次列諸王，亦以人供多前少後，故此列之。文別有六：一列其眾、二辯供具、三歎其德、四持供奉佛、五如來不受、六不果却住。就初段中，先明所集。「除阿闍」下，簡所未集。世上殺父，愧懼情深，故此未來。下列其名，以何義故不列其數？當以諸王過於五恒，不滿六恒，分齊難彰，故隱不列。第二可知。第三歎中，先自、後他。自中四句，前之兩句捨邪歸正，後之兩句棄小學大。利他可知，後三易解。

Next the kings are listed. Also because these people's offerings were more than the preceding and less than the following, they are listed here. The text has six distinct parts: first, listing their assembly; second, explaining their offering utensils; third, praising their virtues; fourth, taking the offerings and presenting them to the Buddha; fifth, the Tathāgata not accepting them; sixth, being unsuccessful and stepping back to stay. Within the first section, first those who gathered are explained. From 'except Ajāta[śatru]' down, those who had not gathered are excluded. Having killed his father in the world, his feelings of shame and fear were deep, so he did not come here. Below, their names are listed. For what reason is their number not listed? It is because the kings exceeded five Ganges [sands] but did not fill six Ganges [sands]; their demarcation being difficult to display, they are hidden and not listed. The second can be known. In the third, the praise, self-benefit comes first, followed by benefiting others. Within self-benefit there are four phrases: the first two phrases mean abandoning the heterodox to return to the true; the latter two phrases mean renouncing the small to study the great. Benefiting others can be known; the latter three are easy to understand.