瑜伽論記 15.420

15.420

二種中，所依即是六根，根有次第，謂眼為先等，境界即六境，云有次第？謂色聲等，俱依是識，識俱依彼根境而生，隨根彼境，立有次第。於十八界中，依六根緣六境六識得生，故生六根次說六境後說六識，故云三種。所以者何下，釋俱依義。

Among the two kinds, the support (āśraya) refers to the six faculties. The faculties have an order, meaning the eye comes first, and so on. The cognitive fields are the six objects; why do they have an order? It means form, sound, and so forth. What relies on both is consciousness; consciousness arises relying on both those faculties and objects, and in accordance with the faculties and those objects, its order is established. Among the eighteen elements, the six consciousnesses are able to arise relying on the six faculties and taking the six objects as conditions; therefore, the six faculties are generated, next the six objects are stated, and afterwards the six consciousnesses are stated; hence it is called 'three kinds'. The text below beginning with 'Why is this?' explains the meaning of 'relying on both'.