成唯識論述記 2.742

2.742

述曰：此即頌名，故今結言，此即顯示初能變識所有自相。自相者，自體相也。但言「藏識」，即持業釋，藏即識故。問：言與雜染互為緣者，說為能藏，即是因義；言為所藏，即是果義。因果之外，豈更無別自體相耶？

The Commentary states: This is the name given in the verse, and therefore it is now concluded by stating that this demonstrates the self-characteristic possessed by the initial transforming consciousness. 'Self-characteristic' is the characteristic of its own substance. Simply saying 'store-consciousness' (ālayavijñāna) is a karmadhāraya compound, because the store is precisely the consciousness. Question: Saying that it 'serves as mutual condition with defilements' describes it as 'that which stores', which is the meaning of cause; saying that it is 'that which is stored' is the meaning of result. Apart from cause and result, is there really no other distinct characteristic of its own substance?