俱舍論疏 3.189

3.189

On the Śāstra's statement: 'As for the absolute maximum,' the following single stanza of verse is the sixth part, explaining the gateway of the absolute maximum. Possessing at maximum nineteen faculties has two stages: first, the stage of an ordinary person; second, the stage of an ārya. For the ordinary person, it refers to possessing both sexes, excluding only the three anāsrava [faculties]. For the ārya, it refers to not having detached from desire, excluding two anāsrava [faculties] and excluding one sex. This treatise, explaining the fourth line of the verse, says: 'Excluding two anāsrava [faculties] and excluding one sex, up to: either one of the female and male faculties is excluded, because noble ones do not have both sexes.' Since this text explains the maximum, the text's words 'one sex' merely exclude having two, not excluding being sexless, for if one were sexless it would not be the maximum. This explanation of this treatise does not contradict the definite possession of thirteen faculties. The *Nyāyānusāra*, explaining the fourth line, says: 'Excluding two anāsrava [faculties] and excluding one sex, up to: the phrase "one sex" is because neither one with both sexes nor one without sex attains the noble Dharma.' Commentary: This 'without sex' refers to one who is naturally so or through excision, not one whose life is gradually departing; this is different from the previous meaning.