俱舍論頌疏論本 1.40

1.40

對法藏論我當說者，是發起序，為發起論端故也。教誡學徒，故稱為論。教是教授，令人修善。誡是誡勗，令人斷惡。斷惡修善故名教誡。其對法藏，隣次當辨。我當說者，五蘊假者目之為我，當說之言簡已正說。

'I shall now expound the Abhidharmakośaśāstra' is the preface of inception, intended to introduce the beginning of the treatise. Instructing and admonishing disciples is why it is called a treatise (śāstra). Instructing is teaching, causing people to cultivate good. Admonishing is exhorting, causing people to sever evil. Severing evil and cultivating good is therefore called instructing and admonishing. The Abhidharmakośa will be explained immediately next. As for 'I shall now expound', the provisional person of the five skandhas is designated 'I'; the words 'shall expound' distinguish what is about to be explained from what is already being directly expounded.