瑜伽論記 16.44

16.44

Ji says: the present explanation does not hold this, as it contradicts the text of the Prakaraṇāryavācā. Furthermore, [with other faculties that are] functional parts derived from a primary faculty—such as the male, female, and three taintless ones—all take a portion of the faculty on which they rely as their substance, resembling the original form or mind. This [life faculty] is established nominally upon [the consciousness] and is not a part of the characteristics of that on which it relies; therefore it is said to have nothing it belongs to. It does not mean that it is established across the five mental factors.