俱舍論記 8.148

8.148

「論曰至處必無間」者，如春下種、秋時收果，中間必有芽等相續。有情死、生，亦應相續中間必有中有剎那續生。立量言：死、生中間必有連續，相續生故，喻如種果。

"The commentary says: [...] there must be no gap in spatial location": as when a seed is planted in spring and the fruit is harvested in autumn, there must be a continuity (*saṃtāna*) of sprouts and so forth in between. The death and birth of sentient beings must likewise be a continuity, necessarily having moments of intermediate existence continuing between them. The formal syllogism is: Between death and birth there must be a continuation, because they arise in continuity, just as with a seed and a fruit.