四分律行事鈔資持記 3.15

3.15

In the next heading, first it marks and explains. "Great..." below lists and explains the three names. "Fragmented" refers to its appearance. "Medium value" refers to its price, being intermediate between the two robes. "Lower" relates to its wearing and use, being innermost. For royal palaces and settlements, it causes good roots to arise in living beings; also, when preaching the Dharma and bestowing precepts, one must wear it, in order to display an exalted appearance. "Entering the assembly" is a general phrase, meaning that for assembling, lecturing, saluting, chanting, and all karmavācanā matters, one wears the seven-strip [robe]. "Within the precinct" means residing in chambers and rooms within the monastery; "walking on the road" means walking upon open roads; "miscellaneous tasks" means all types of labor—for all these one wears the lower robe.