成唯識論述記 7.729

7.729

述曰：此中有三：初出體；次顯用果；後辨勝顯差別。此即初也。「若有法」亦是有體，此簡所執。「有勝勢用」者，謂為緣義，即有為、無為有勝勢用，此用非是與果等用，但不障力。「能於餘法」者，簡其自體，顯不同前所緣緣故。「或順、或違」，顯與違、順能為緣，與後生異法為緣，非前滅法，謂且十因中前九是順，第十是違，亦是此緣故。

The Commentary states: Here there are three parts: first, identifying its essential nature; second, revealing its function and fruit; and last, discerning its preeminence to reveal distinctions. This is the first. 'If an existent dharma' means having substantial entity, which excludes what is conceptually grasped. 'Possesses preeminent potential and function' refers to its sense as a condition; that is, conditioned and unconditioned dharmas have preeminent potential and function. This function is not the function of producing a fruit or the like, but simply an unimpeding capacity. 'Can toward other dharmas' excludes its own entity, showing it is not like the preceding object-condition. 'Either concordant or discordant' shows that it can act as a condition for either discordance or concordance, acting as a condition for distinct dharmas arising subsequently, not for dharmas that have already ceased. For instance, among the ten causes, the first nine are concordant and the tenth is discordant, which are also this condition.