四分律行事鈔資持記 3.883

3.883

In the fourth [part]: the Ekottarika-āgama fully states: The Buddha addressed Ānanda, Nanda, and Rāhula: "You carry the body of Mahāprajāpatī (that is, the maternal aunt); I shall make offerings in person." At that time, Śakra and Vaiśravaṇa Devarāja said to the Buddha: "Do not labor your own spirit; we shall make offerings ourselves." The Buddha said: "Stop! Stop! The debt of rearing is heavy; having been suckled and carried in her bosom, I cannot fail to repay it. All Buddhas of past and future are like this." The Buddha then, together with Ānanda and the others, each carried a corner [of the litter], flew through the empty air, and went to the burial grounds. From "according to" onward, it determines by analogy: though birth and Dharma differ, the rearing does not differ; comparing their kindness and virtue, the Dharmakāya is still heavier; embracing the corpse and escorting it is not yet sufficient to repay it, hence it says "how could it ever be exhausted?"