大般涅槃經義記 3.114

3.114

第五句中，別復有四：一患機感聖喻、二始行不從喻、三不從有損喻、四從之有益喻。初中，感聖各有期限故云「七日」，機發招聖名為「擊鼓」，感聖顯彰名為「唱令」，仰感四人為己匠首，是故義言「請婆羅門有能為我作灌頂師」，師能以法灌其心頂名灌頂師，化善歸彼名「半國封而為爵賞」，亦可徒眾後必共匡，名以半國為爵賞也。

In the fifth clause, there are four separate parts: first, the metaphor of the distress of potentiality evoking the sage; second, the metaphor of the initial practitioners not following; third, the metaphor of there being detriment in not following; fourth, the metaphor of there being benefit in following. Within the first: because evoking the sage each has a set term, it says 'seven days.' Potentiality being aroused to summon the sage is called 'beating the drum.' Evoking the sage being made manifest is called 'proclaiming an edict.' Looking up in invocation of the four persons to be their guiding masters, the meaning therefore states: 'asking whether there is a brāhmaṇa capable of serving as my master of consecration.' A master who can consecrate the crown of their mind with the Dharma is called a master of consecration. Directing one's good transformation toward them is called 'enfeoffing half the state as an aristocratic reward'; or it can also mean that the disciples will certainly guide [the state] together later, which is called rewarding them with half the state as an aristocratic title.