俱舍論記 5.234

5.234

「然世尊說至及心次第」者，經部會釋經文。經言頌依於名及造頌文士，不言依聲者，此於諸義，古昔諸賢於其聲上共立分量，能詮彼義，聲即是名，名於聲上假建立故，名即以聲為體，此名安布差別為頌。由如是義說頌依名，非言名有別體。此頌是名安布差別，執頌實有，不應正理。如眾樹成行，離樹無行；多心次第，離心無次第。此頌亦爾，離名之外無別體也。

On "However, the World-Honoured One said... and the sequence of mental moments": the Sautrāntika harmonises and explains the sūtra text. The sūtra states that verses depend on words and the composer of verses, but does not say they depend on sounds. This is because, regarding various meanings, ancient sages collectively established designations on those sounds that can denote those meanings; sounds are simply words. Because words are nominally established upon sounds, words have sound as their essence; the differentiated arrangement of these words constitutes a verse. For this reason, verses are said to depend on words, not that words have a separate entity. These verses are merely differentiated arrangements of words; holding verses to be substantially existent is not correct logic. Just as many trees form a row, yet apart from trees there is no row; or as there is a sequence of multiple mental moments, yet apart from minds there is no sequence. This verse is also like this: apart from words, it has no separate entity.