瑜伽論記 6.461

6.461

Without exertion (anabhisaṃskāra) means that the noble path without effort appears directly. Since it is superior to parinirvāṇa with exertion, where one proceeds only through putting forth effort, it is placed before parinirvāṇa with exertion. Because one cannot, upon first taking rebirth, immediately sever the defilements and quickly enter parinirvāṇa, it is explained after parinirvāṇa upon rebirth. This accords with the Abhidharmakośa in taking the effortless to be superior, unlike the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya, which takes parinirvāṇa with exertion to be superior. Parinirvāṇa with exertion, though lacking the path of swift progress, possesses the path of diligent expedients, and hence is called 'with exertion'; a person of parinirvāṇa without exertion lacks both cultivations, and hence is called 'without exertion'—being inferior, it is explained later.