瑜伽論記 3.191

3.191

答：識能為彼新生因故等者，由識入胎為新生因，總報能為別報緣故，或由識種為名色親因令新生故，此說名色初結生，義准下識入胎，前說為善。

Answer: Regarding the passage "Because consciousness can serve as the cause of their new birth," and so forth: because consciousness entering the womb serves as the cause of new birth, the general retributive fruition can serve as the condition for particular retributive fruitions. Or, because the seed of consciousness serves as the direct cause of name-and-form, causing new birth; this speaks of name-and-form at the initial moment of rebirth-linking. Following the sense of consciousness entering the womb below, the former explanation is superior.