俱舍論頌疏論本 4.28

4.28

From here fourth, explaining the universal unwholesome mental dharmas (akuśalamahābhūmika). The treatise says: "Thus the universal defiled mental dharmas have been explained. The ground of great unwholesome dharmas is called the 'great unwholesome ground' (explaining the four characters 'great unwholesome ground' [akuśalamahābhūmi], referring to the primary mind. The primary mind is the ground of great unwholesome dharmas, so it is called the great unwholesome ground, a tatpuruṣa compound). Herein, if a dharma belongs to the great unwholesome ground, it is called a universal unwholesome mental dharma, meaning dharmas that are constantly present in unwholesome minds (this intends to explain the five characters 'universal unwholesome mental dharmas' [akuśalamahābhūmikadharma], referring to shamelessness and the like; because shamelessness and the like belong to the family of the great unwholesome ground, they are called universal unwholesome mental dharmas. The dharmas of the great unwholesome ground is a tatpuruṣa compound). Which dharmas are they?" The verse says: