四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.193

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問：與欲之相，若為成不？答：《四分》中，但有病人說欲法，而文有具缺。良以病有輕重故也。文云：若言：「我說欲。」若言：「與我說欲。」若云：「為我說欲。」若現身相。若廣說欲等五種也。前四唯重病人；後廣說者，健病俱用。《五分》：斷事中，說欲起去文中，如此律廣說相似，又無略文。比人行事，或有緣者，囑信受欲，及語沙彌令傳至他；或有非緣，直云為我說欲者，量恐不成。故《四分》病人中，若不口說，不現身相，並皆不成。今健人用病者法，誠難定指。

Question: Regarding the marks of granting chanda, how are validity and invalidity determined? Answer: In the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, there is only the procedure for a sick person to state chanda, and the text has both complete and incomplete forms. This is truly because illnesses vary in severity. The text states: whether he says 'I declare chanda,' or 'Declare chanda for me,' or 'Speak chanda on my behalf,' or manifests physical signs, or speaks chanda extensively—these five kinds. The former four apply solely to severely ill persons; the latter extensive declaration is used by both the healthy and the sick. In the Pañcavargika Vinaya, the text on stating chanda and getting up to leave during the adjudication of matters is similar to the extensive declaration in this Vinaya, and there is likewise no abbreviated text. In current practice, some who have exigencies entrust the chanda to a messenger, or tell a śrāmaṇera to convey it to others; or some without legitimate exigencies simply say 'speak chanda on my behalf'; I assess that these are probably invalid. Therefore in the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, regarding a sick person, if he does not speak it orally and does not manifest physical signs, all are invalid. For a healthy person now to use the procedure for the sick is truly difficult to endorse definitely.