Commentary for Shevuot 62:1

אמר להו רב פפא אי מפקדון גמרי לה רבנן דכולי עלמא לא פליגי דדון מינה ומינה

Said R'Papa to them: If the Rabbis deduce it from [the law of] deposit, none disagrees that we 'deduce from it, and [entirely] from it';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the Sages would therefore hold that if he swore of his own accord even outside the Beth Din he would be liable.');">¹</span> but this is the reason of the Rabbis; they deduce it by inference from minor to major:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From oath of testimony itself, and not from deposit at all.');">²</span> since, if [adjured] by others, he is liable; if [he swears] of his own accord, how much more so should he be liable; and because they deduce it by inference from minor to major, [they hold] it is sufficient for that which is deduced by this inference to be similar to that from which it is deduced:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The principle of dayyo (v. B.K. 25a) is that the derived law cannot logically be stricter than the original law.');">³</span>

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