一切經音義 50.167

50.167

尋伺（𦙃吏反梵言毗恒迦此云尋毗遮羅此云伺尋謂尋求伺謂伺察或思或慧於境推求麤位名尋即此二種於境審察細位名伺故言尋伺舊名覺觀者案梵本菩提各覺毗鉢舍那名觀譯人不尋本語致斯乖失也）。

Investigation and discernment (Fanqie: 𦙃 [s-] + 吏 [-i]. In Sanskrit, vitarka translates as 'investigation' [xun], and vicāra translates as 'discernment' [ci]. Xun means seeking out, ci means examining. It is either volition or wisdom searching into an object: the coarse state is called xun; these very same two factors thoroughly examining the object in a subtle state is called ci, hence the term 'investigation and discernment'. The old names 'sensory thought and contemplation' [jueguan] were due to translators not examining the original language—in the Sanskrit text, bodhi is jue, and vipaśyanā is guan—which led to this error).