四分律行事鈔資持記 1.393

1.393

初稱量中。此明凡欲行法，不許輒加；先須評議事緣可否，故在初明。初標示。則下，列相。然人法事三，名通能所。若準《業疏》，二俱稱量；如舉一事，須假人成；用何羯磨，為是何事（事復有三，即如鈔列。）；復在何界。今此止明事中三耳，慎勿相濫。地約結界，衣謂攝衣。言具單者，此約一事容有相兼。準疏分七：三單如鈔。三複有三，一人法（差比丘問法差受自恣等），二人事（離衣杖囊差人行籌之類），三法事（滅諍說戒修道自恣之類），具足一句（滅諍行籌白云如是語者捉籌，唯此具三。）。言離合者，此約一法被緣多少。如懺六聚，異篇離懺，同篇多罪，離合皆得。又如受日受戒，竝開多人。可以類說。必下，正示稱量。

In the first, "Deliberation and Measurement": this clarifies that whenever one wishes to perform a legal procedure, one is not permitted to apply it rashly; one must first deliberate on whether the conditions of the matter are admissible, which is why it is clarified first. First is the heading and indication. The passage beginning 'Then...' lists the characteristics. However, the three things—person, legal procedure, and matter—apply generally to both the active agent and the object. According to the *Karma Commentary*, both must be deliberated: for example, to raise a single matter, one must rely on persons to accomplish it; what karman is to be used, what matter it is (matter also has three aspects, as listed in the *Manual*); and furthermore, in what boundary it is located. Here it merely clarifies the three aspects within 'matter'; do not confuse them. 'Earth' relates to establishing boundaries; 'robes' refers to assigning robes. Saying 'complete or single' is based on the fact that a single matter may allow for combinations. According to the *Commentary*, it is divided into seven: the three single ones are as in the *Manual*. The three dual ones comprise three types: first, person and legal procedure (such as assigning a bhikṣu to ask about the Dharma, assigning one to receive pravāraṇā, etc.); second, person and matter (such as setting aside robes, staff, or bowl-bag, or assigning someone to distribute tally sticks, and the like); third, legal procedure and matter (such as settling disputes, poṣadha, practicing the path, pravāraṇā, and the like). 'Complete' is a single phrase (such as distributing tally sticks in settling disputes, where the motion states, 'Those who say such words take the tally'—only this possesses all three). Saying 'separated or combined' is based on how many recipients a single legal procedure covers. For instance, in confessing the six categories of offenses, different classes must be confessed separately, while multiple offenses within the same class may be either separated or combined. Again, as in receiving days [of absence] or receiving the precepts, multiple persons are permitted in both cases. They can be explained by analogy. The passage beginning 'Must...' directly indicates the deliberation and measurement.