俱舍論記 1.117

1.117

「頌曰至觸十一為性」者，頌答。印度造頌皆依聲明，若先香後味即犯聲，若先味後香即不犯聲。今依本翻，故味先香後。又《正理》云「越次說者，顯彼境識生無定故，謂彼五識起時不定次第。」

Regarding "The verse says: [...] tangibles have eleven as their nature": this is the verse answer. When verses were composed in India, they all conformed to phonology (śabda-vidyā); if odor preceded taste, it would violate the meter; if taste preceded odor, it would not violate the meter. Now, translating according to the original text, taste precedes and odor follows. Furthermore, the Nyāyānusāra states: "Stating them out of order shows that the arising of the consciousnesses of those objects is not fixed; that is, the time of arising of those five consciousnesses has no fixed sequence."