俱舍論疏 19.227

19.227

論「然彼問者至應反詰記」，答也。「然彼問者一向為問」者，謂問人趣為勝，或云為劣？此名一向為問。「非一向記故，應成分別」者，若有一向為問，非一向答，應分別答。「但此應詰問意所方，故此名為應反詰記」者，答此一向問，應為分別記。由不知問者所方，故先反詰，然後分別。從先得名，名為反詰。若兩向問，即應一向記。如有問言：人趣勝、劣？應一向記亦勝亦劣。問：若爾，何故前釋反詰記云：人為勝、劣，應反詰記為何所方？《正理論》云「於人趣中差別問故，應差別記。謂有問言：人趣為勝？此應反詰：汝何所方？問劣亦應如是反詰。若雙問者，應一向記亦勝亦劣。非於此中勝劣雙問，但隨問一，說一為聲，意顯別問為勝為劣，故此問成應反詰記。」

Regarding the treatise passage from "However, that questioner" to "should be answered by counter-questioning": this is the reply. "However, that questioner asks definitively" means asking whether the human destiny is superior, or saying whether it is inferior. This is called asking definitively. "Because it is not a definitive answer, it should constitute an analysis" means: if there is a definitive question and not a definitive answer, one should answer by analysis. "Only because one should interrogate what the questioner's intention is comparing it to, this is called an answer by counter-questioning" means: answering this definitive question should be an analytical answer. Because one does not know what the questioner is comparing it to, one first counter-questions, and then analyzes. Taking its name from what comes first, it is called counter-questioning. If the question is two-directional, then one should answer definitively. For example, if someone asks: "Is the human destiny superior or inferior?" One should answer definitively that it is both superior and inferior. Question: If so, why did the earlier explanation of the counter-questioning answer say: "Whether humans are superior or inferior should be answered by counter-questioning what it is compared to"? The Nyāyānusāra says: "Because the question distinguishes within the human destiny, it should be answered with distinction. That is, someone asks: 'Is the human destiny superior?' To this one should counter-question: 'What are you comparing it to?' When asking about being inferior, one should also counter-question like this. If both are asked together, one should definitively answer that it is both superior and inferior. It is not that here superior and inferior are asked together, but merely depending on whichever one is asked, the sound expresses that one, with the intention of showing an inquiry specifically into whether it is superior or inferior; therefore, this question becomes an answer by counter-questioning."