瑜伽論記 5.334

5.334

In the verse 'Neither internal nor external, etc.' up to 'able to generate defilement': here the intent is to show that among the five verses clarifying the dependent causes and time periods of the defiled side, the first two verses clarify defilements generated by affliction and karma, and the latter three verses clarify that defilements can be generated based on past and present formations, but cannot be generated based on the future. The first seven lines mean that the future does not generate defilement; the last five lines mean that defilement can be generated based on the past and present—meaning that defilement is not generated based on future internal faculties and external dusts, because formations have not yet arisen; since in the past and present eras formations can be generated, therefore it says