四分律行事鈔資持記 2.507

2.507

釋四中，先出歎相，有三。初端正等，歎報色。二大姓者，歎種族；剎帝利婆羅門名大姓，毘舍首陀為下姓。三出家下，歎德行；是中出家是遠離行，持戒即止作行，修善是少欲行；下舉頭陀，釋成修善；律中更列唄𠽋多聞說法持律坐禪，故云等也。不下，結犯差別。有三句：初結蘭者，歎而不索故。次犯殘者，索歎兩兼故。三同前者，索而不歎，即屬麁語。

In explaining the fourth, first the marks of praise are presented; there are three. First, "proper and handsome," etc., praises the retributive form. Second, "of great caste" praises the clan and lineage; kṣatriyas and brāhmaṇas are called great castes, while vaiśyas and śūdras are lower castes. Third, from "renouncing household life" downward, it praises virtuous practice: herein, renouncing household life is the practice of detachment; keeping the precepts is the practice of halting and acting; cultivating the wholesome is the practice of having few desires; below, citing the dhūtas explains and completes the cultivation of the wholesome; the Vinaya further lists chanting, extensive learning, preaching the Dharma, upholding the Vinaya, and seated meditation, hence it says "etc." From "not..." downward, it concludes with the distinctions of the offense. There are three sentences: first, concluding with a sthūlātyaya is because one praises without soliciting. Next, committing a saṃghāvaśeṣa is because one both solicits and praises. Third, being identical to the preceding is because one solicits without praising, which then belongs to coarse words.