成唯識論演祕 1.42

1.42

問：論本若有「一」、「頞」二言，前後三藏可隨取一想乎？梵本未必無二字，如何得言「隨取一」耶？

Question: If the root treatise has the two words *i-* and *a-*, could the earlier and later Tripiṭaka Masters simply take whichever one they thought? The Sanskrit text does not necessarily lack both words; how can it be said that they "simply took one"?