俱舍論疏 13.41

13.41

論「有執焰滅時由法非法力」，此是勝論異師計也。法、非法是德句義攝。於人有益名之為法，於人無益名為非法。由此二力，能生諸法、能滅諸法。如闇室中有一明燈，若望受用者，燈在有益，即是法生；燈滅無益，即非法滅。若望偷盜者，燈在無益，即非法生；燈滅有益，即是法滅。

Treatise: "Some hold that when a flame perishes, it is by the power of dharma and adharma." This is the assertion of a divergent Vaiśeṣika master. Dharma and adharma are subsumed under the category of quality (guṇa). What is beneficial to human beings is called dharma; what is unbeneficial to human beings is called adharma. By the power of these two, dharmas are born and dharmas perish. For example, in a dark room there is a bright lamp: with regard to the user, the lamp's presence is beneficial, which is dharma producing it; the lamp's extinguishing is unbeneficial, which is adharma destroying it. With regard to a thief, the lamp's presence is unbeneficial, which is adharma producing it; the lamp's extinguishing is beneficial, which is dharma destroying it.