大般涅槃經義記 6.268

6.268

就下歎王有信之中，耆婆初先歎王有信，勸王莫愁。世王前者引說驗己身、口、意惡，必墮地獄，名信因果。「若有」已下明有信故，王罪非重，非不可治。不同闡提所以非重，有信可救故非叵治，於中，初先舉重顯輕，「大王今者非一闡」下明輕異重。前中有四：一明闡提造罪不悔，彰其重病；二「如是人」下明不可治，於中初法、次喻、後合；三「云何」下對向初段辨出其人；四「諸佛世尊所不能」下對第二重顯叵治，先舉、後釋。

Regarding the praise of the king's faith below, Jīvaka first praises the king for having faith, urging the king not to worry. King Ajātaśatru had previously cited teachings to verify for himself his evil of body, speech, and mind, and that he would surely fall into hell, which is called faith in cause and effect. From "If there is" onward, it explains that because he has faith, the king's sin is not grave and not incurable. Unlike an icchantika, the reason it is not grave is that because he has faith he can be saved, and therefore it is not incurable. Therein, first he presents the grave to reveal the light; from "The Great King now is not an icchantika" onward, he explains how the light differs from the grave. In the former [part], there are four [points]: first, explaining that an icchantika commits sins without repenting, demonstrating his grave illness; second, from "Such a person" onward, explaining that he is incurable, wherein there is first the principle, next an analogy, and then the application; third, from "What is meant by" onward, distinguishing that person in contrast to the first section; fourth, from "What the Buddhas, World-Honoured Ones cannot [cure]" onward, doubly revealing incurability in contrast to the second, first presenting it and then explaining it.