俱舍論記 10.204

10.204

「論曰至初結中有」者，釋初三句。於此六位，法爾唯許意識，非餘五識，無功能故。所說生言，不但攝生有初心，應知亦攝中有初心。若言生有，即不通中有。若但言生，即通中有初念，如上界沒生下界時，中有初念亦名生故。此中本意欲明有情死位何識現起，義相應故剩辨餘五。下別明生，准此應知。

"The treatise says:... the initial connecting intermediate existence" explains the first three lines. In these six states, by the nature of dharmas only mental consciousness is admitted, not the other five consciousnesses, because they lack the capacity. The word 'birth' spoken here not only subsumes the initial mind of rebirth-existence (upapatti-bhava), but should be understood to also subsume the initial mind of intermediate existence (antarā-bhava). If one speaks of rebirth-existence, it does not apply to intermediate existence. If one merely speaks of 'birth', it applies to the initial moment of intermediate existence, as when demising from an upper realm and being born in a lower realm, the initial moment of intermediate existence is also called 'birth'. The main intention here was to clarify which consciousness manifests at the stage of a sentient being's death, but because the meaning is related, the remaining five are discerned in addition. Below, birth is explained separately, and one should understand it accordingly.