俱舍論疏 12.205

12.205

論「猶如行伍至不記識故」，引喻。由兩行：一行是瓶、一行是瓫，同一鴿毛。由觀瓶、瓫形別，記識不同。若不觀形，唯著鴿毛，即不能記識兩行有別。毛、㲲、紅花亦爾，被燒已後，由色同不可記別，形復無異故不記別。若形有別，可記別也。

The treatise says: "Just as in rows... because they are not recognized," this adduces an analogy. Due to there being two rows—one row of pots and one row of jars—having the same pigeon-colored hue: by observing the difference in shape between pots and jars, they are recognized as different. If one does not observe the shapes and attends solely to the pigeon-colored hue, then one cannot recognize that the two rows are different. Wool, cotton cloth, and safflower are also like this: after being burned, because their colors are the same, they cannot be recognized as distinct; their shapes are also without difference, hence they are not recognized as distinct. If their shapes differed, they could be recognized as distinct.