瑜伽師地論略纂 11.51

11.51

論解牽引因者，「一切種子望後自果是牽引因」者，如識種子望老死果是牽引因，若望名色是生起因，是此中意。故下能生等二因中有別，如下釋。

The treatise explains the lead-in cause (ākarṣaṇa-hetu): "All seeds, in relation to their own subsequent fruit, are lead-in causes." For example, the seed of consciousness in relation to the fruit of aging-and-death is a lead-in cause, whereas in relation to name-and-form it is an originating cause (abhinirvṛtti-hetu)—this is the meaning here. Therefore, among the two causes below, such as the productive cause, there is a distinction, as explained below.