俱舍論記 8.10

8.10

「迦濕彌羅國至四眾圍繞」者，論主頌中述西方師義，說有十七，故《婆沙》云「西方師說色界十七。彼師意說：以大梵王壽、量、處等異餘二天，故於初定別立三天。」故《婆沙》云「西方諸師作如是說：初靜慮地處別有三，一梵天處、二梵輔天處、三大梵天處，此處即是靜慮中間。彼師所以不立無想天者，壽、量、地等與廣果天無差別故。」又《正理》云「有餘別說十七處名，初靜慮中總立二處，第四靜慮別說無想。」解云：彼師意說，別類修故立所招果，不立大梵，初定說二。又《正理》云「上座色界立十八處。」解云：由二因別，故立十八。今此國師二俱不立，由無別地故唯十六。故《婆沙》云「迦濕彌羅諸論師說，初靜慮地唯有二處。」

Regarding the passage from "The masters of Kaśmīra..." up to "...surrounded by the fourfold assembly": the author of the treatise, in his verse, sets forth the doctrine of the Western masters, stating that there are seventeen; thus the Mahāvibhāṣā states: "The Western masters state that the form realm has seventeen [heavens]. Those masters mean: Because the life span, size, abode, and so forth of the Great Brahma King differ from those of the other two heavens, three heavens are separately established in the first dhyāna." Thus the Mahāvibhāṣā states: "The Western masters speak thus: In the stage of the first dhyāna there are three distinct locations: first, the abode of the Brahma devas; second, the abode of the Brahmapurohita devas; third, the abode of the Mahābrahma devas, which is the intermediate dhyāna. The reason those masters do not establish the heaven of non-conception (Asaṃjñisattva) is that its life span, size, stage, and so forth do not differ from the Bṛhatphala heaven." Furthermore, the Nyāyānusāra states: "Other masters separately state the names of seventeen locations, establishing two locations in total within the first dhyāna, and separately stating the non-conception [heaven] in the fourth dhyāna." Explanation: Those masters mean that because it is cultivated in a distinct class, the fruit it incurs is established; not establishing Mahābrahma, they state two in the first dhyāna. Furthermore, the Nyāyānusāra states: "The Sthaviras establish eighteen locations in the form realm." Explanation: Due to the difference of two causes, they establish eighteen. Now the masters of this country [of Kaśmīra] establish neither of the two; because there are no separate stages, there are only sixteen. Thus the Mahāvibhāṣā states: "The treatise masters of Kaśmīra state that in the stage of the first dhyāna there are only two locations."