四分律行事鈔資持記 2.17

2.17

《十誦》中。初引律文，彼翻波羅夷為墮；即受戒已，為說四墮是也。《僧祇》墮義，轉釋極惡，與此不同。文中多意字，甞用《多論》古鈔，對勘竝無。言不如者，謂不如魔，即墮負義；下引論釋，明知寫誤。魔有四種，常相謀害；當用戒兵，防禦戰敵；然今行者，戒力既虧，魔軍得勝，故以為喻。

In the Daśādhyāya[-vinaya]. First quoting the vinaya text, it translates pārājika as 'falling'; that is, after receiving the precepts, the four fallings are preached to him. The meaning of falling in the Mahāsāṃghika[-vinaya] is an extended explanation of extreme evil, which is not the same as this. In the text, there are many occurrences of the character 'meaning' (意); upon comparison with the ancient manual of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya Vibhāṣā, none of them have it. Speaking of 'inferior', it means being inferior to Māra, which is the meaning of defeat; quoting the treatise's explanation below clearly shows it was a scribal error. There are four kinds of Māras who constantly plot harm; one should use the weapons of the precepts to defend and combat them; however, when the current practitioner's precept power is deficient, the army of Māra gains victory, hence it is used as a metaphor.