般若波羅蜜多心經贊 1.49

1.49

問：「名色不遍，何故立支？」答：「定故立支。胎、卵、濕生六處未滿，定有名色。又名色支亦是遍有，有色化生初受生位雖具五根而未有用，爾時未名六處支故；初生無色雖定有意根而不明了，未名意處故。」

Question: "Name-and-form is not pervasive; why is it established as a branch?" Answer: "It is established as a branch because it is necessary. In womb-birth, egg-birth, and moisture-birth, when the six bases are not yet complete, there is definitely name-and-form. Furthermore, the branch of name-and-form is also pervasive: although apparitional birth with form possesses the five faculties at the initial moment of receiving birth, they are not yet functioning, so at that time they are not yet called the branch of the six bases; although those initially born in the formless realm definitely have the mental faculty, it is not distinct, so it is not yet called the base of mind."