瑜伽論記 18.65

18.65

言由三因永不應理等者，一、若名言有義性者，如名有多義，體亦應多故；二、若離長短等多名言，彼長短等義覺不生故，所取義定非實有，此之二因以名遣義；三、若如義取名者，見色等時應生名覺，何者既能詮名義依而轉，名義相稱故，知義時應知名也。此之一因以義遣名，可引攝論文問如前說。

Where it says 'by three reasons it is eternally unreasonable, and so forth': 1. if nominal designations had the nature of an referent, then just as a name has many referents, its entity should also be manifold; 2. if apart from various nominal designations such as long and short, the awareness of those referents such as long and short does not arise, the grasped referent is definitely not substantially existent—these two reasons dispel referents through names; 3. if names were apprehended according to referents, then when seeing form and so forth, the awareness of the name should arise; why? Since the expressive name operates based on the referent and name and referent correspond, when knowing the referent one should know the name—this single reason dispels names through referents. The Mahāyānasaṃgraha can be cited to inquire as previously stated.