俱舍論頌疏論本 8.55

8.55

「再生汝今過盛位（註曰）：有外道婆羅門名再生，年老來見世尊。世尊呵嘖：『汝今年老，已過盛位。』胎外有五位：一嬰孩、二童子、三少年、四盛年、五老年也，至衰將近琰魔王，（至衰老位），欲往前路無資糧（無戒定慧資糧也），求住中間無所止（大眾部云：此頌云中間無所止，明知無中有。若有中有，即有所止）。」論主釋通云：「此頌意顯，於彼人中速歸磨滅，無暫停義，名無所止。或可中有名無所止，為至所生，亦無暫停，行無礙故。」

"Dvija, you have now passed beyond your prime (the commentary notes: there was a non-Buddhist brāhmaṇa named Dvija, who came to see the World-Honoured One in his old age; the World-Honoured One reproached him: 'You are now old, and have passed beyond your prime.' Outside the womb there are five stages: first, infant; second, boy; third, youth; fourth, prime of life; fifth, old age); / having reached decline, you are near to King Yama (having reached the stage of old age and decline), / and wishing to proceed on the road ahead, you have no provisions (no provisions of morality, concentration, and wisdom); / seeking to stay in between, there is nowhere to halt (the Mahāsāṃghikas say: this verse says 'in between there is nowhere to halt', which clearly indicates there is no intermediate existence; if there were an intermediate existence, then there would be somewhere to halt)." The author of the treatise resolves this, explaining: "The intention of this verse is to show that among those humans, one quickly returns to dissolution without any temporary pause, which is termed 'nowhere to halt'. Alternatively, intermediate existence is termed 'nowhere to halt' because in order to reach the place of rebirth, it likewise does not pause temporarily, its movement being unobstructed."