瑜伽論記 3.196

3.196

問：前已說無明為緣發起業有等者，善不善業潤已未潤皆名為有，能有果故，然依潤已能近有果獨得有名，未潤已前初造非增名之為行，依義勝異各得一名，今依通義故言無明發起業有，即是行也。但於潤位由取力故即令彼業於彼彼生處能引識名色等果，故偏說取緣有。

Question: It was previously stated that ignorance as condition initiates karmic existence, and so forth: whether already moistened or not yet moistened, wholesome and unwholesome karma are both called 'existence' because they can possess fruits. However, based on having already been moistened and being able proximately to possess fruits, it exclusively receives the name 'existence'; prior to being moistened, when first committed and not yet augmented, it is named 'formations'. Based on the superiority and distinctiveness of their meanings, each receives a name. Here, based on the general meaning, it is said that ignorance initiates karmic existence, which is precisely formations. It is only that at the stage of moistening, through the force of grasping, that karma is caused to lead fruits such as consciousness and name-and-form in various places of birth; therefore grasping is singled out as conditioning existence.