瑜伽論記 16.334

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三、辨識與意根為食。景云：前言三食益識識復長養根大，然則四食長養五色根及意根，故復問言云何識與意根為食？答意識食由段思觸三食資持所任持力，識體增盛能作意根，前前生後為增益因，即名識體與意為食。

Third, distinguishing how consciousness serves as nutriment for the mental faculty. Jing says: earlier it was said that the three nutriments benefit consciousness, and consciousness in turn nourishes the faculties and great elements; but if the four nutriments nourish the five physical faculties and the mental faculty, why is it asked again: 'How does consciousness serve as nutriment for the mental faculty?' The answer: consciousness nutriment, through the sustained power provided by the three nutriments of morsel food, mental volition, and contact, increases and strengthens in its essential nature and can act as the mental faculty; the preceding moments giving rise to the succeeding moments serve as an augmenting cause, which is called the essence of consciousness serving as nutriment for the mind.