瑜伽論記 6.403

6.403

Fourth, the principle of nature (dharmatā-yukti): where it says 'due to those dharmas, their original nature being inherently so,' and so forth: 'original nature being inherently so' means that from beginningless time their intrinsic nature is inherently so without depending on multiple conditions; 'the nature of phenomena being inherently so' is the principle of the characteristics of dharmas. Regarding 'either identical to this, or different from this, or not like this': for example, among the four great elements, solidity is earth, down to motion being wind—this is called 'identical to this.' When it is said that earth can support, down to wind can disperse, and so forth—this speaks of active function as distinct from the substance of the four great elements, and is called 'different from this.' When form, shape, and location are [taken as] earth, clarity as water, heat as fire, and light contact as wind—these are derived forms (bhautika) based on conditions, which are originally not the four great elements but are conventionally called the four great elements; this is called 'not like this,' because derived light contact is produced through the preponderance of wind, yet light contact is not the wind element itself, and so forth.