四分律行事鈔資持記 3.572

3.572

結中，初四句勸修。下二句誡勵。隨得謂受食。隨失謂忘念。為毒奪者，示失所以；由毒猛盛，念不能成故，即《母論》云：若不爾者，羅剎所奪，羅剎即喻三毒。然則口腹之患，為害頗深；適意片時，招殃累劫，應知三毒即是三途。故當對事防心，不啻臨深履薄，故《業疏》云：大丈夫既不能造大過，豈為一口之食而陷沒耶！所為極弱矣。慈訓深切，學者尚復自欺耶？嗚呼！

In the conclusion, the first four lines urge cultivation. The lower two lines admonish. "Attained accordingly" refers to receiving food. "Lost accordingly" refers to forgetting mindfulness. "Being seized by poison" indicates the reason for the loss: because poison is fierce and abundant, mindfulness cannot be achieved. This is as the Matṛkā says: "If it is not so, one is seized by rākṣasas," rākṣasas being a metaphor for the three poisons. Thus the trouble of mouth and belly causes grave harm; enjoying a moment's pleasure invites calamity for countless kalpas. One should know that the three poisons are precisely the three destinies. Therefore, when facing situations, one must guard the mind no less than approaching a deep abyss or treading on thin ice. Hence the *Karma Commentary* says: "Since a great man cannot commit great transgressions, would he sink and drown for the sake of a single mouthful of food? What he does is feeble in the extreme!" The compassionate instruction is profound and earnest; will students still deceive themselves? Alas!