瑜伽論記 1.59

1.59

The answer has three explanations: In the first explanation, the first division is named 'Stage'. The latter four are not named 'Stage'; hence it says: 'It is titled on the basis of the first division, so there is no fault.' In the second explanation, all dharmas are the stage of the yoga master, because the yoga master uses all dharmas as basis and condition; here, for brevity, seventeen are temporarily spoken of. In the third explanation, the seventeen stages completely subsume all texts and meanings, and briefly exhaust the latter four divisions, which all serve to explain the essential texts and meanings within the seventeen stages; therefore, they do not depart from this either.