四分律行事鈔資持記 3.50

3.50

《僧祇》，初示非法。彼云：有比丘對頭縫，佛言：不應對頭縫，應作葉。謂彩畫條葉，直爾縫之；邊緣相屬，故言對頭。應下，教如法有六，初制割截。極下，二示條葉大小。《業疏》云：今多廣大，澆風扇也。《章服儀》云：如小獷麥，得分畦畔，為世福田；今則過其正度，故非法服。準須依教，不應廣闊。不下，三明長短相差。縫下，四明縫刺。宣謂散解。馬齒縫，舊云偷針刺，若馬齒闊。或作鳥足縫，疏云：押葉丁字有三叉相，是也。衣下，五明施緣。疏云：以周緣故，持無速壞。急時如前，謂麁行急竟，後更刺也。借下，六明安紐。即指離衣戒。彼明比丘有緣至他處留宿，暫借俗被受持，作淨安紐等。

In the Mahāsāṃghika, it first shows what is not according to the Dharma. It states: There were bhikṣus who sewed edge to edge; the Buddha said: 'You should not sew edge to edge, you should make borders.' This means painting strips and borders and simply sewing them straight through; with the margins adjoining each other, it is called 'edge to edge'. From 'Should' onward, there are six instructions on what is according to the Dharma: first, the rule of cutting and severing. From 'Extreme' onward, second, showing the size of strips and borders. The Karma Commentary states: 'Nowadays they are mostly broad and large, stirred by frivolous customs.' The Protocols for Robes states: 'Like small wild barley, dividing into plots and borders to serve as a worldly field of merit; nowadays people exceed the correct measurement, so it is not a Dharma robe.' One must conform to the teaching and not make them broad and wide. From 'Not' onward, third, clarifying the difference between long and short. From 'Sew' onward, fourth, clarifying the sewing and stitching. 'Xuan' means unraveling. 'Horse-tooth stitch' was traditionally called 'stolen-stitch stitching', being as wide as a horse's tooth. Or making 'bird-foot stitch', which the Commentary says: 'stamping the borders in a T-shape with three forks is it.' From 'Robe' onward, fifth, clarifying the provision of borders. The Commentary states: 'Because of surrounding borders, wearing it will not quickly damage it.' 'In emergencies as before' means running coarse stitches quickly to finish, and stitching it further later. From 'Borrowing' onward, sixth, clarifying attaching ties and loops. This refers directly to the precept against parting from one's robes. It explains that when a bhikṣu has cause to spend the night elsewhere, he temporarily borrows a secular quilt, receives and retains it, performs deśanā, attaches ties and loops, and so forth.