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Triṃśikā (Vasubandhu) with Sthiramati's bhāṣya · 2
vipāko mananākhyaś ca vijñaptir viṣayasya ca tatrālayākhyaṃ vijñānaṃ vipākaḥ sarvabījakam
Translation. [The threefold transformation comprises] maturation (vipāka),
what is called mentation (manana), and representation (vijñapti) of an object (viṣaya).
Within it, the consciousness called “store” (ālayavijñāna)
is maturation, supporting all seeds (sarvabījakam).
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| surface | lemma | grammar |
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| vipākaḥ | vipāka | pass |
| mananākhyaḥ | mananākhya | pass |
| ca | ca | pass |
| vijñaptiḥ | vijñapti | pass |
| viṣayasya | viṣaya | pass |
| ca | ca | pass |
| tatra | tatra | pass |
| ālayākhyam | ālayākhya | pass |
| vijñānam | vijñāna | pass |
| vipākaḥ | vipāka | pass |
| sarvabījakam | sarvabījaka | pass |
How the commentary settled it
Where the verse alone is ambiguous, the reading follows Sthiramati's commentary; the deciding lines are quoted below each decision.
Read the first pāda as an enumeration of the three modes of the previously stated threefold transformation, with vipākaḥ, mananākhyaḥ, and vijñaptir viṣayasya coordinated by ca.→ Supply the governing frame “the threefold transformation comprises” and take all three expressions as its coordinated modes.
trbh [169]sa eṣa trividhaḥ pariṇāmo vipākākhyo mananākhyo viṣayavijñaptyākhyaś ca
This threefold transformation is called maturation, called mentation, and called representation of an object.
trbh [175, 176, 177]tatsvarūpanirdeśam antareṇa na tat pratīyate ity ato yasya yat svarūpaṃ tad
yathākramaṃ pradarśayann āha
tatrālayākhyaṃ vijñānaṃ vipākaḥ sarvabījakam
Because it is not understood without specifying its own nature, he states in due order the particular nature belonging to each: ‘Within it, consciousness called store is maturation and possesses all seeds.’
Translate vipāka as the technical karmic “maturation,” not merely physical ripening or an unspecified result.→ maturation (vipāka)
trbh [170, 171]tatra kuśalākuśalakarmavāsanāparipākavaśād yathākṣepaṃ phalābhinirvṛttir
vipākaḥ
Here, maturation is the arising of a result in accordance with its projection, through the ripening of impressions from wholesome and unwholesome actions.
trbh [188]sarvadhātugatiyonijātiṣu kuśalākuśalakarmavipākatvād vipākaḥ
It is maturation because it is the maturation of wholesome and unwholesome action throughout all realms, destinies, wombs, and classes of birth.
Interpret mananākhyaḥ as “called mentation,” referring specifically to afflicted manas rather than to neutral reflection or meditation.→ what is called mentation (manana)
trbh [172]kliṣṭaṃ mano nityaṃ mananātmakatvān mananākhyam
The afflicted mind is always called ‘mentation’ because its nature consists in mentation.
Construe viṣayasya as an objective genitive dependent on vijñaptiḥ and render the phrase as “representation of an object.”→ representation (vijñapti) of an object (viṣaya)
trbh [173, 174]rūpādiviṣayapratyavabhāsatvāc cakṣurādivijñānaṃ ṣaṭprakāram api
viṣayavijñaptiḥ
Because eye-consciousness and the others, although sixfold, manifest objects such as visible form, they are representation of an object.
trbh [169]sa eṣa trividhaḥ pariṇāmo vipākākhyo mananākhyo viṣayavijñaptyākhyaś ca
This threefold transformation is called maturation, called mentation, and called representation of an object.
Take tatra anaphorically as “within this threefold transformation,” not spatially as “there.”→ Within it
trbh [179]tatreti yo 'yam anantaroktas trividhaḥ pariṇāmaḥ
‘Within it’ means this threefold transformation that has just been stated.
Analyze ālayākhyam vijñānam as “consciousness called store,” and understand ālaya as a repository or supporting locus rather than merely a dwelling or a proper name.→ the consciousness called “store” (ālayavijñāna)
trbh [180, 181]ālayākhyam ity
ālayavijñānasaṃjñakaṃ yad vijñānaṃ sa vipākapariṇāmaḥ
As for ‘called store’: whatever consciousness bears the designation ‘store consciousness’ is the maturation-transformation.
trbh [183, 184]sarvasāṃkleśikadharmabījasthānatvād ālayaḥ
ālayaḥ sthānam iti paryāyau
It is ālaya because it is the locus of the seeds of all defiled dharmas. Ālaya and ‘locus’ are synonyms.
trbh [185, 186]atha vālīyante upanibadhyante 'smin sarvadharmāḥ kāryabhāvena tad vālīyate
upanibadhyate kāraṇabhāvena sarvadharmeṣv ity ālayaḥ
Alternatively, all dharmas settle or are bound in it as effects, and it settles or is bound in all dharmas as their cause; hence it is ālaya.
trbh [231, 232]tatrālayākhyaṃ vijñānam
ity uktaṃ vijñānañ cāvaśyaṃ caittaiḥ saṃprayuktam ity ato vaktavyaṃ katamaiḥ
It was said, ‘Within it, consciousness called store’; and consciousness must necessarily be associated with mental factors, so it must be stated with which ones.
Read the second vipākaḥ as a masculine predicate noun identifying ālayavijñāna with the maturation-transformation, despite the neuter gender of vijñānam.→ store consciousness is maturation
trbh [181]ālayavijñānasaṃjñakaṃ yad vijñānaṃ sa vipākapariṇāmaḥ
Whatever consciousness bears the designation ‘store consciousness’ is the maturation-transformation.
trbh [188]sarvadhātugatiyonijātiṣu kuśalākuśalakarmavipākatvād vipākaḥ
It is maturation because it is the maturation of wholesome and unwholesome action throughout all realms, destinies, wombs, and classes of birth.
Take sarvabījakam as a possessive predicate of vijñānam: store consciousness supports or contains all seeds, rather than itself being a single universal seed.→ supporting all seeds (sarvabījakam)
trbh [189]sarvadharmabījāśrayatvāt sarvabījakam
It possesses all seeds because it is the support of the seeds of all dharmas.