瑜伽師地論略纂 16.40

16.40

Regarding the treatise's statement, "the dhyāna factors are established in order to counteract painful afflictive practices": first, "counteracting the deficiency of the antidote" means that because the afflictions of ascetic pain can counteract the noble path, they can cause deficiency in the noble path; these afflictions are termed the deficiency of the antidote. Applied thought (vitarka) and sustained thought (vicāra) can counteract this, hence it is termed counteracting the deficiency, and so forth. Below may be understood.