俱舍論疏 11.40

11.40

論「有餘師說至而有等流」，述異釋也。《順正理論》有一說云「有說：無隙立無間名，雖有情少而身大故。」此同《婆娑》一百一十五云「以諸有情造大惡業，生彼地獄得廣大身，一一身形悉皆廣大，遍彼多處中無間隙，故名無間。」又一百七十二有一師云「雖亦有間，假說無間。有說：彼處恒受苦受，無喜樂間，故名無間。」即是此論後釋。「有說眾多有情造作惡業，相續生彼，滿彼處所，故名無間。評曰：不應作是說。生餘地獄多，生無間者少。所以者何？以造作增長上品身、語、意惡業者乃生彼處。有情造作增長上品惡業生彼處者少，造作增長中、下品惡業生餘地獄者多。如造作增長上品善業生有頂者少，造作增長中、下品善生餘處者多故。應作是說：由造作增長增上不善業，生彼所得身形廣大，一一有情據多處所，中無間隙，故名無間。」此評家義即是《正理論》中一師釋也。

The commentary says: "Other masters say... and there is an outflow"—this relates alternative explanations. The Nyāyānusāra contains an explanation saying: "Some say: It is given the name 'Avīci' (Uninterrupted) because there is no interval, for although the sentient beings are few, their bodies are immense." This agrees with the Vibhāṣā, fascicle 115, which says: "Because sentient beings commit great evil karma, when born in that hell they obtain immense bodies; each individual body is entirely immense, pervading many locations therein without any gap or interval in between, hence it is named 'Avīci'." Furthermore, in fascicle 172, a master says: "Although there are intervals, it is metaphorically called uninterrupted. Some say: in that place they constantly experience painful feelings without any interval of joy or pleasure, hence it is named 'Avīci'." This is the second explanation in this treatise. "Some say that many sentient beings create evil karma and are born there in continuous succession, filling that place, hence it is named 'Avīci'. Evaluating this: one should not speak thus. Those born in the other hells are numerous, whereas those born in Avīci are few. Why is this? Because only those who create and increase superior evil karma of body, speech, and mind are born in that place. Sentient beings who create and increase superior evil karma and are born there are few, while those who create and increase middling and inferior evil karma and are born in the other hells are numerous—just as those who create and increase superior wholesome karma and are born in the Peak of Existence are few, while those who create and increase middling and inferior wholesome karma and are born in other places are numerous. One should speak thus: through creating and increasing predominant unwholesome karma, the bodies they obtain when born there are immense; each individual sentient being occupies many locations without any gap in between, hence it is named 'Avīci'." The view of this evaluation is precisely the explanation of a master in the Nyāyānusāra.