釋摩訶衍論 3.32

3.32

論曰：住相有四。云何為四？一者轉相、二者現相、三者智相、四者相續相，是名為四。如是四相，以何義故說名為住？此中住義隨應差別，所謂若據轉相說其住相，而能住持心識熏習，故名住相。若據現相說其住相，而能住持色相熏習，故名住相。若據智相說其住相，而能住持六種漸次分別智相應染，故名為住相。若據相續相說其住相，而能住持分別事識連續染污，故名住相。即是細分，非麁分故。異相字義其相云何？頌曰：

The treatise says: The characteristic of abiding has four [aspects]. What are the four? The first is the characteristic of evolving; the second is the characteristic of manifesting; the third is the characteristic of cognition; the fourth is the characteristic of continuation. These are called the four. By what meaning are such four characteristics spoken of as 'abiding'? Here the meaning of abiding differs according to what is appropriate. That is to say: If one explains its characteristic of abiding in terms of the characteristic of evolving, because it can maintain the perfuming of the mind and consciousness, it is named the characteristic of abiding. If one explains its characteristic of abiding in terms of the characteristic of manifesting, because it can maintain the perfuming of physical forms, it is named the characteristic of abiding. If one explains its characteristic of abiding in terms of the characteristic of cognition, because it can maintain the six kinds of gradual defilements associated with discriminating cognition, it is named the characteristic of abiding. If one explains its characteristic of abiding in terms of the characteristic of continuation, because it can maintain the continuous defilement of the discriminating consciousness of objects, it is named the characteristic of abiding. These are subtle parts, not coarse parts. What is the literal meaning of the characteristic of alteration, and what are its characteristics? The verse says: