大般涅槃經義記 8.317

8.317

下就無餘以答其問，明阿羅漢現斷煩惱、後報不生，是故一切繫縛悉無。文中先喻，「如油未盡明則不滅」反喻羅漢因滅果存，「若油盡者滅即無疑」順喻羅漢因盡果喪。下合顯法，先合反喻，「若得斷」下合後順喻。

Below, he answers his question in terms of [nirvāṇa] without residue, explaining that an arhat presently severs afflictions and future retribution does not arise, and therefore all bondages are entirely absent. In the text, there is first an analogy: "just as when the oil is not yet exhausted, the light is not extinguished" inversely illustrates that the arhat's cause is extinguished while the fruit persists; "if the oil is exhausted, its extinction is beyond doubt" directly illustrates that when the arhat's cause is exhausted, the fruit perishes. Below, he applies it to reveal the dharma: first applying the inverse analogy, and from "if one can sever" onward, applying the subsequent direct analogy.