四分律行事鈔資持記 1.933

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《僧祇》中。王難謂為官繫閉等。賊抄須贖者，屬彼強故，若奪成盜；必自脫免，師攝無過。不下一句，違上兩制，結師小罪。

Under the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya: 'Peril from the king' refers to being bound and imprisoned by officials, and the like. 'Plundered by bandits must be ransomed': because they belong to the bandits' superior power, seizing them back would constitute theft; if one escapes on one's own, the teacher's gathering him in is without fault. The sentence from 'if not' downward violates the above two regulations and binds the teacher with a minor offense.