俱舍論頌疏論本 8.24

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第二句者，是第二識住，於初靜慮，取劫初起，故論云：「有色有情身異想一，是第二識住。如梵眾天，謂劫初起（解云：理實亦取梵王、梵輔，唯言梵眾天者，舉初攝後）。所以者何？以劫初起，彼諸梵眾起如是想：我等皆是大梵王生。大梵爾時亦起此想：是諸梵眾皆我所生。同想一因，故名想一。大梵王身其量高廣，容貌威德、言語光明，一一皆與梵眾不同，故名身異（已上論文）。」問：「何故梵王、梵眾起一因想？」答：「謂大梵王於劫初時獨一而住，更無侍衛，遂發願言：『云何當令諸餘有情生我同分？』時極光淨天見已悲愍，從彼處沒，生為梵眾。梵王纔發願，見有天生故，大梵王起如是想：我表能生也。彼諸梵眾初見大梵威德特尊天，又憶念知先因梵王發誓願故，我來生此，是故梵眾起如是念：我等皆是大梵王生。」

"The second line" refers to the second station of consciousness, which in the first dhyāna takes those [beings arisen] at the beginning of the kalpa. Thus the śāstra says: "There are sentient beings with form whose bodies are diverse and whose ideations are uniform; this is the second station of consciousness. Like the gods of the Brahmā-pāriṣadya, meaning those arisen at the beginning of the kalpa (Commentary: In truth this also takes the Mahābrahmās and Brahmā-purohitas; mentioning only the Brahmā-pāriṣadya gods is citing the first to encompass what follows). Why is that? Because at the beginning of the kalpa, those various gods of Brahmā's retinue produce this ideation: 'We were all produced by the Great Brahmā King.' At that time, the Great Brahmā also produces this ideation: 'These various gods of Brahmā's retinue were all produced by me.' Because they share the ideation of a single cause, it is called 'ideations are uniform.' The body of the Great Brahmā King is lofty and vast in measure, and in countenance, majesty, speech, and radiance, he differs in each respect from the gods of Brahmā's retinue; therefore, they are called 'bodies are diverse' (thus far the text of the śāstra)." Question: "Why do the Brahmā King and the gods of Brahmā's retinue produce the ideation of a single cause?" Answer: "At the beginning of the kalpa, the Great Brahmā King dwelt alone with no attendants or retinue. He then made an aspiration, saying: 'How might other sentient beings be caused to be born into my likeness?' At that time, the gods of the Ābhāsvara [Heaven], seeing this, had pity, and dying from that realm, were reborn as the retinue of Brahmā. Because as soon as the Brahmā King made the aspiration he saw the gods being born, the Great Brahmā King produced this ideation: 'I showed the capacity to produce them.' Those various gods of Brahmā's retinue, at first seeing the supreme majestic god of the Great Brahmā, and also recollecting and knowing that previously, because the Brahmā King made a vow, they came to be born here, for this reason the retinue of Brahmā produced this thought: 'We were all produced by the Great Brahmā King.'"