成唯識論述記 4.968

4.968

述曰：此第六識唯二所依，引證如前，其文可解。《瑜伽》五十一、《顯揚》十七等云：由有阿賴耶識故有末那。末那為依，意得轉等，如前《攝論》共依文等是。問：五俱必有意，五以意為依，意了五不無，五應為意依？為釋此難。

The Commentary states: This sixth consciousness has only two supports. The citations and proofs are as before; the text is easy to understand. Yogācārabhūmi, fascicle 51, and Prakaraṇāryavācā, fascicle 17, state: 'Because the ālayavijñāna exists, manas exists. Relying on manas, the mental consciousness is able to function,' and so forth, which is the same as the passage on common supports from the Mahāyānasaṃgraha cited earlier. Question: When the five accompany [an experience], there must be the mental consciousness; the five take the mental consciousness as support. When the mental consciousness apprehends, the five are not absent; should not the five serve as support for the mental consciousness? To resolve this difficulty: