俱舍論疏 3.13

3.13

On the Śāstra's: "Some say that with respect to […] all pure dharmas": this recounts an alternative explanation. "Ṣaṇḍha" refers to having no faculty or having an impaired faculty. "Paṇḍaka" refers to having no potency or having impaired potency. "Both sexes" (ubhayavyañjanaka) refers to being fully endowed with both faculties. The first, because of lacking the faculty or being impaired, has no predominant efficacy with respect to defilement or purification. The second, because of lacking potency or being impaired, likewise has no predominance with respect to defilement or purification. The last, being endowed with both faculties, is endowed with two sets of defilements, and therefore is also not predominant in defilement or purification. Both ṣaṇḍha and paṇḍaka include both the innate (jāti) and the impaired (upahata); hence it is said, "innate and impaired ṣaṇḍhas and paṇḍakas". Among ṣaṇḍhas, there are those entirely lacking the faculty and those partially lacking the faculty; among paṇḍakas, there are those entirely lacking potency and those partially lacking potency. Where various sūtras and śāstras say that a ṣaṇḍha is without a faculty, it is because lacking entirely and lacking partially are both equally called "without". In the Vibhāṣā, fascicle ninety, explaining the four propositions on being freed from desire being called a 'man' (puruṣa), it says: "Or one may possess the male faculty and yet not be called a man, such as a ṣaṇḍha, a paṇḍaka, and the like." This intent refers precisely to partially lacking the faculty. Some people provide numerous interpretations, yet have failed to resolve the objection. However, this latter interpretation does not match that of the former masters. Why so? Because although those with two faculties have no predominant efficacy with respect to defilement and purification, they still obtain the name "faculty". Thus we know that the statement concerning defilement and purification is not a definitive proof.