四分律行事鈔資持記 3.879

3.879

四中，《五分》。覆根，準應裸露。《五百問》，初明覆屍。須白僧者，是僧物故。裙及祇支，今須準用。（世云：須披五條者非，以制物令賞看病故。）不得下，次明殯送。由並屬僧，過五成盜。文明所出次第有三：一出親屬，即師僧等；二率眾僧，舍利，此翻遺身，即死屍也；三貸亡物，此即僧物，無故方開。令倍償者，謂看病人別求他物，與本相當者，入僧作法；和僧還之，如〈二衣〉中。其下，三示喪儀。輿即擡棺之物。

In the fourth [part]: in the Mahiśāsaka-vinaya, covering the roots [of the senses] means that in principle they should be exposed. In the Five Hundred Questions: first, it explains covering the corpse. That it must be announced to the Saṅgha is because it is property of the Saṅgha. Skirts and saṃkakṣikās must now be applied according to this rule. (The worldly saying that one must don the five-strip robe is incorrect, for that is a regulated item kept as a reward for nursing the sick.) From "must not" onward, next, it explains the funeral procession. Because these all belong to the Saṅgha, [carrying them] beyond five [krośas] constitutes theft. The text clearly shows the order of what is brought out in three [points]: first, bringing out [by] relatives, namely masters, monks, and the like; second, leading the Saṅgha—"śarīra" is translated here as "remains," which means the dead body; third, borrowing property of the deceased—this is Saṅgha property, and only permitted if there is none. Causing double compensation means that the caregiver seeks other items equivalent to the original, submits them to the Saṅgha to perform the formal act, and the harmonious Saṅgha returns them, as in the chapter on the "Two Robes." From "its" onward, third, it shows the funeral rites. The "litter" (yu) is the vehicle for carrying the coffin.