四分律行事鈔資持記 3.44

3.44

Regarding tearing into parts: first, it clarifies the exception permitted in pressing circumstances. This means the robe is thick and heavy and cannot be carried on the road. 'Tearing into parts' means ripping open the seams. From 'If' onward, it clarifies to whom it belongs after death. The treatise provides two explanations: if within the original boundary, it is distributed at the place where it was left in deposit; if rewarding the sick-attendant, it is sought and brought to the place of death to give to them.