成唯識論述記 4.769

4.769

述曰：流是相續義，轉是起義。謂依第八或種、或現相續起義，顯示此第七識恒依彼第八識起。取所緣故，第七行相取所緣境相續不斷而生起義。此文上來已依常理略解所依竟，諸心、心所下廣解所依。以上第八識及下諸識中不辨所依義故，今因廣論，依下正文即傍乘義。於中有三：初總汎出極成所依有三；次別敘諸師於三依中各有異計；後結歸正義。

The Commentary states: "Continuous flow" has the meaning of uninterrupted succession; "operating" has the meaning of arising. It means the sense of continuously arising based on the seeds or the active manifestation of the eighth, demonstrating that this seventh consciousness always arises based on that eighth consciousness. "Because it apprehends an intentional object": this means that the cognitive aspect (*ākāra*) of the seventh apprehends its intentional object, arising continuously without interruption. The text above has thus far briefly explained that upon which it relies according to common principles; below, with "All minds and mental factors," it broadly explains that upon which they rely. Because in the treatment of the eighth consciousness above and the other consciousnesses below the meaning of that upon which they rely is not analyzed, it is now discussed extensively, following the main text below as an ancillary exposition. In this there are three parts: first, generally putting forth the three conventionally established bases; second, separately recounting that various masters have different hypotheses concerning the three bases; and finally, concluding with the correct doctrine.