俱舍論記 10.213

10.213

「又漸命終者至故得斷名」者，釋第十句。頓命終者無斷末摩，唯漸命終有斷末摩。末摩是身中死穴，其量極小，觸便致死。故《正理》引頌云「身中有別處，觸便令命終。如青蓮華鬢，微塵等所觸（已上論文）。」又解對法藏中說：眾生身中有百處名末摩，觸便致死。此言斷者，非如斬薪令成二分說名為斷，水等增時斷此末摩。猶如有人被斷頭已無覺知故，故得斷名，非成二分說名為斷。餘文可知。

Regarding "Moreover, in those who die gradually ... it receives the name of 'severance'": this explains the tenth pāda. In those who die suddenly, there is no severing of the marman; only in those who die gradually is there severing of the marman. The marman is a fatal spot in the body, extremely small in size, which causes death upon touch. Therefore the *Nyāyānusāra* cites a verse: "There is a special spot in the body / which causes life to end when touched, / like the stamen of a blue lotus / touched by a speck of dust (end of treatise citation)." Another explanation: In the Abhidharmakośa it is said: In the bodies of sentient beings there are one hundred spots called marmans, which cause death when touched. What is called "severance" here is not like cutting firewood into two pieces, which is named severance; rather, when the water [element] and so forth increase, they sever these marmans. Just as someone whose head has been severed has no perception, it receives the name of severance; it is not called severance because of being split into two pieces. The rest of the text can be understood.