成唯識論述記 8.259

8.259

The Commentary states: What is perfumed and generated by those eight, being directly capable of generating those eight and residing as capabilities upon the eighth consciousness, is called the vāsanā of the two graspers. That is, among the former eight, each possesses both meanings and is called vāsanā, because they all have the meaning of what is generated and what generates. If root and branch are explained as ripening, then grasping them is what is grasped, and thus they also possess both meanings. That is, nominal seeds are generated by grasping the two, and can therefore generate the root consciousness; these are not wholesome or unwholesome, but are merely non-defined seeds that directly generate [their fruit]. Here, the two graspers are perfumed by all seven consciousnesses, generating the nimittabhāga, darśanabhāga, and so forth of the eighth consciousness as appropriate. What meaning does this phrase "two graspers" intend to show?