大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.44

3.44

論。當知無明至不覺相故　釋曰。上已廣顯枝末。此即結末歸本。當知無明能生等者。初正結歸。如前九相攝一切染。因本無明迷真而起。故云無明生一切染。以一切染法皆是等。釋苦所以。恐疑染法多種差別如何。根本唯一無明。染法雖多皆是無明之氣。悉是覺之相不異不覺。是故染法皆是不覺。

[Treatise:] One should know that avidyā [… down to …] because they are characteristics of non-awakening.
[Commentary:] Above, it has broadly revealed the branches and twigs; here, it concludes the twigs by returning them to the root. 'One should know that avidyā is able to produce,' and so forth, is first the direct concluding return: as the preceding nine characteristics subsume all defilements, arising from fundamental avidyā deluded about the real, hence it says that avidyā produces all defilements. 'Because all defiled dharmas are all [...]' explains the reason. Fearing the doubt: 'Defiled dharmas have many kinds of distinctions; how could the root be solely the one avidyā?', [it explains that] although defiled dharmas are many, they are all the influence of avidyā, and all are characteristics of non-awakening, not different from non-awakening; therefore defiled dharmas are all non-awakening.