瑜伽論記 9.427

9.427

基云：此中下品準猶墮惡趣，即中下忍以前，中品則於現身得證果不墮惡趣，即增上忍以去人，若以前人，無惡趣業不墮惡趣即於現身得果者，亦是此中收，此中亦約七生人得為論，故云非於現法得般涅槃。若約增上四生乃至六十劫為有修習者，即於現身亦入涅槃，不作此論。若異此者，第三人攝，第三人皆有為餘人應準知，此初人若準初下品菩薩即合見道已前皆是，今准文義皆不然，故別說。

Ji says: Here the lower grade, by analogy, still falls into the bad destinies, meaning those prior to middling and lower patience (kṣānti); the middling grade attains realization of the fruit in the present life and does not fall into the bad destinies, meaning those from supreme patience onward. As for those prior to this who have no karma of the bad destinies and do not fall into the bad destinies, attaining the fruit in the present life, they are also subsumed here. Here it is also discussed in terms of persons of seven rebirths; hence it says they do not attain parinirvāṇa in the present life. If one considers those of superior four rebirths or up to sixty kalpas as having cultivation, then they enter nirvāṇa in the present life as well, and this discussion does not apply. If it differs from this, they are subsumed under the third person. The third person has active practice; for other persons, one should understand it by analogy. If this first person is compared to the initial lower-grade bodhisattva, then they should encompass everyone prior to the path of seeing; however, according to the meaning of the text, this is not the case, so it is explained separately.