金光明經文句記 2.104

2.104

二、「波」下，明具大悲故能事醉。波斯匿，此云和悅。若飲酒後，應死判生，故曰多恩。末利，即匿王正后也。王甞嗔怒欲殺厨人，諸臣共議：「國中唯有此人，殺已無人知厨稱王意者。」時末利后即辦好酒美肉，沐浴名香莊嚴身體，將諸妓女來至王所。王見后已嗔心乃息，后即遣人詐傳王勅勿殺厨人。匿王後以此事問佛：「后持五戒、月行六齋，一日之中犯酒妄二戒，八戒之中則犯其五，謂過中食、服香花、作倡妓、高廣床、飲酒、妄語也。破戒之罪，輕耶重耶？」佛言：「如是犯者，得大功德。何以故？為利益故。」出《未曾有經》下卷。入于酒肆，即淨名居士。此上三人皆是高位，皆住性惡權巧法門，故於持犯得大自在。不可秪將慈念而解，若無性染，慈豈無緣？

Second, from "Prasenajit" onward, clarifies that because one possesses great compassion, one can be drunk in phenomenal affairs. "Prasenajit" is translated here as "Harmonious and Joyful." If, after drinking liquor, one should sentence someone to life instead of death, it is therefore called "abundant grace." Mallikā was King Prasenajit's chief queen. The king was once enraged and wished to kill the cook. The ministers discussed together: "In the state there is only this person; if he is killed, no one will know cooking to satisfy the king's wishes." At that time Queen Mallikā prepared fine wine and delicious meat, bathed with famed incense and adorned her body, and brought dancing girls to the king's presence. When the king saw the queen, his anger subsided. The queen then sent someone to falsely transmit the king's order not to kill the cook. King Prasenajit later asked the Buddha about this matter: "The queen upholds the five precepts and observes the six fasting days each month. In a single day she broke the two precepts against alcohol and false speech, and among the eight precepts she broke five: eating after midday, using incense and flowers, engaging in music and dancing, high and broad beds, drinking liquor, and false speech. Is the offense of breaking the precepts light or heavy?" The Buddha said: "One who violates them like this attains great merit. Why? Because it is for the sake of benefit." This appears in the second fascicle of the Adbhutadharma Sūtra. "Entering the wine shops" refers to the Vimalakīrti Upāsaka. The above three persons were all of high spiritual rank and all abided in the expedient dharma gate of inherent evil; therefore, they had great mastery over upholding and breaking. This cannot be understood merely through compassionate thoughts: if there were no inherent defilement, how could compassion be unconditioned?