俱舍論頌疏論本 2.48

2.48

From here below is the fifteenth, the section on acquisition and possession. According to the Sarvāstivāda school, if acquisition reaches the characteristic of arising, it is called 'acquisition' (prāpti); if acquisition reaches the present, it is called 'possession' (samanvāgama). At the time of possession, it is not called acquisition; at the time of acquisition, it is not called possession. As for 'the characteristic of arising', it is in the future. The treatise says: 'Thus has been explained being born of maturation and the rest. Now one should deliberate: if one does not possess the eye element previously and now acquires possession of it, does one also [acquire possession of] the eye-consciousness element? If one does not possess the eye-consciousness element previously and now acquires possession of it, does one also [acquire possession of] the eye element? Questions such as these should now be briefly answered.' The verse says: