俱舍論記 28.7

28.7

"The verse states: '…later one gradually abandons the former factors'": in answering with verses, the first verse presents the essential nature, and the latter half-verse displays the distinctions. In this passage, where it speaks of 'joy,' joy is of two kinds: in the case of the joy of the first and second dhyānas, pliancy is called joy; in the case of the joy of the third dhyāna, pleasant feeling is called joy. Because the name 'joy' is identical, the verse speaks of joy in general. Were it not so, how could it apply across the first three dhyānas? The rest is as explained in the prose commentary.