[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [成唯識論述記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830) › 4.441 # 成唯識論述記 4.441 成唯識論述記 4.441 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.441](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.4.441) 述曰：勝定果色亦色處類，非變壞時能為資益，故非段食。以變壞時色於自根不能資益，於其自根既無資用，於餘根等亦無作用，不資養等。又色麁著與根相離方能為境，不與根合故非是食，如〈攝事分〉中第九十四卷亦廣分別，〈本地〉第五卷亦具明之，不能煩敘。聲體疎遠，離質用興不能資益，故非是食。問：此三為食，為對自根，亦對餘識？答：此三入腹變壞之時，先資自根為資養已，然後乃能資諸根等。發識明利說名為食，非要別對自識所取。其廢立等諸門分別，如別章說。 > The Commentary states: Matter produced by superior meditative absorption is also of the class of the matter-base; it cannot nourish and benefit at the time of transformation and decay, and hence is not morsel food. Because at the time of transformation and decay visible matter cannot nourish and benefit its own faculty; since it has no nourishing utility for its own faculty, it also has no function for the other faculties and does not nurture them. Furthermore, visible matter is coarse and conspicuous, and can only serve as an object when separated from the faculty, not in contact with the faculty; therefore it is not food, as fascicle ninety-four of the 'Vastu-saṃgrahaṇī' also analyzes in detail, and fascicle five of the 'Maulī Bhūmi' fully explains; it cannot be recounted at tedious length. Sound is tenuous and distant; its function arises apart from physical matter and it cannot nourish and benefit, and therefore is not food. Question: When these three act as food, is it in relation to their own faculties or also in relation to other consciousnesses? Answer: When these three enter the stomach and transform and decay, they first nourish their own faculties to provide sustenance, and only then can they nourish the other faculties. Rendering the arising of consciousness clear and sharp is called food; it does not necessarily relate distinctively to what is grasped by its own consciousness. The various categorical distinctions of retention and elimination are as explained in the separate chapter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.440](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.4.440) - [Next: 4.442](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.4.442) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830~en-mt.4.441) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.4.441](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.4.441) · Pramāṇa