俱舍論頌疏論本 3.18

3.18

First, regarding the statement of one's own school, introducing the objection, the śāstra states: 'If they are established as indriyas due to predominance, then nescience and the rest should be established as indriyas, because causes such as nescience have each their respective predominant functions with respect to results such as formations' (this raises an objection from the perspective of their own school: the twelve links of dependent origination mutually induce one another and have predominant functions, so they should be established as indriyas). 'Also, vocal organs and the like should be established as indriyas, because vocal organs, hands, feet, and the excretory and sexual organs have predominance, respectively, in speaking, grasping, walking, and discarding and pleasure.' Explanation: this raises an objection from the perspective of the non-Buddhist Sāṃkhya school. That school establishes five indriyas: the vocal organ is the fleshy tongue, having a predominant function in speech; the hands have a predominant function in grasping; the feet have a predominant function in walking; the anus has a predominant function in discarding waste, and the urinary organ has a predominant function in producing sexual pleasure; thus they should be established as indriyas. Things such as these should not be established as indriyas; due to the accepted indriyas having such characteristics, the verse states: