俱舍論疏 6.151

6.151

論「熟果不應至時有分限」，已下論主破《婆沙》也。要具二義方得熟名：一由相續轉變差別，謂異熟因經取果已，必定經停時別力用轉變方能與果，即此轉變是其熟義。二由隨因勢力時有分限，亦是熟義。隨因勢力，或百年五十年等。如世間果轉變而熟，熟已隨其勢力分限，具斯二義得其熟名。

The treatise says: "The fruit of maturation should not [...] there is a limit in time." From here below, the author of the treatise refutes the *Vibhāṣā*. Two characteristics must be met to receive the name "maturation": first, by transformation and modification in continuum; that is, after the maturation cause has appropriated the fruit, it must undergo a different period of time wherein its power and efficacy transform before it can yield the fruit; this transformation is precisely the meaning of "ripening" (or maturation). Second, having a limitation of time in accordance with the force of the cause is also the meaning of ripening. In accordance with the force of the cause, it may be a hundred years, fifty years, and so forth. Just as worldly fruit ripens through transformation, and having ripened, lasts according to the limit of its force, possessing these two meanings it obtains the name "maturation."