瑜伽師地論略纂 3.135

3.135

結略義中有三重：初攝九為四、次攝為三、後攝為一。攝為四中，「殺生相貌」者，是前第二句血塗其手。　「作用」者，即第三句害、極害、執。　「因緣」者，即第一句最極暴惡，殺害之心正現在前。　「事用差別」者，謂後六句，一、無羞恥，二、無哀愍，三、一切有情所，四、真實眾生所，五、乃至極下捃多蟻等諸眾生所，六、於殺生所若未遠離。　又九為四中，相貌即第一句。　作用即第二、第三句。　因緣即第四、第五句。　事用差別餘之四句。　第二、攝九為三中，「殺生如實」者，即第一句。　「殺生差別」者，即次七句；「殺所殺生，名殺生者」，即第九句。未受戒等起善已來，行殺生者，常名殺生者；受戒等後，不得彼名。　攝九為一者，合名殺生補特伽羅。

In the concluding summarized meaning, there are three layers: first, subsuming the nine [phrases] into four; next, subsuming them into three; and finally, subsuming them into one. Within the subsumption into four: "Aspects of taking life" refers to the preceding second phrase, "their hands smeared with blood." "Function" refers to the third phrase, "harm, extreme harm, and holding fast." "Causes and conditions" refers to the first phrase, "most fiercely cruel," where the mind to harm and kill is presently manifest. "Distinctions of object and function" refers to the latter six phrases: first, "without shame"; second, "without pity"; third, "towards all sentient beings"; fourth, "towards real beings"; fifth, "down even to tiny kuṇḍa ants and other sentient beings"; sixth, "if they have not abstained from taking life." Furthermore, in another [way of] subsuming the nine into four: "Aspect" is the first phrase; "function" is the second and third phrases; "causes and conditions" is the fourth and fifth phrases; "distinctions of object and function" is the remaining four phrases. Second, in subsuming the nine into three: "Taking life in reality" is the first phrase. "Distinctions in taking life" refers to the next seven phrases. "Killing beings that can be killed is called a killer" refers to the ninth phrase. From the time before taking precepts and generating wholesome roots, one who engages in killing is constantly called a killer; after taking precepts, they no longer obtain that name. Subsuming the nine into one means combining them to name the "person who takes life."