瑜伽論記 9.153

9.153

基云：汝既言隨名即稱目有所目者，先未成立假說名前彼所詮事應無自性，以隨名方有事故，即名未起彼事無也，未起名前彼事既無，而現詮表能詮之名不應道理，假說之名既無所有，所有所詮法事隨能詮名有自性不應道理，展轉破之。

Ji says: Since you state that in accordance with the name, that which is referred to is designated, then prior to the establishment of the metaphorical name, that expressed thing would have to lack an intrinsic nature, because things exist only in accordance with names; thus, before the name has arisen, that thing is absent. Since that thing is absent prior to the arising of the name, for the expressive name to express it at present is unreasonable. Since the metaphorical name does not exist, for the expressed phenomena and things to possess an intrinsic nature in accordance with the expressive name is unreasonable. This refutes them step by step.