俱舍論記 27.34

27.34

「理實無畏至體即是智」者，論主解。理實無畏是智所成，智即是因、無畏是果，不應說言體即是智。故《正理》七十五云「如何可說無畏即智？應言無畏是智所成。理實應然，但為顯示無畏以智為親近因，是故就智出無畏體。夫無畏者，謂不怯懼，由有智故不怯懼他，故智得為無畏因性」。又解：論主敘經部解，離智別有無畏體性。《正理》若言離智別有，其體是何？

On the passage "In actual principle, fearlessness ... its essential nature is just knowledge": This is the author's explanation. In actual principle, fearlessness is accomplished by knowledge; knowledge is the cause, and fearlessness is the result, so one should not say that its essential nature is just knowledge. Therefore the Nyāyānusāra, fascicle 75, says: "How can one say that fearlessness is just knowledge? One should say that fearlessness is accomplished by knowledge. In actual principle it should be so, but merely in order to show that fearlessness takes knowledge as its immediate proximate cause, the essential nature of fearlessness is identified in terms of knowledge. Fearlessness means absence of dread; because one has knowledge, one does not dread others, and therefore knowledge can serve as the causal nature of fearlessness." Another interpretation says: The author states the Sautrāntika explanation that apart from knowledge there is a separate entity for fearlessness. If the Nyāyānusāra says it exists separately from knowledge, what is its essential nature?