Visuddhimagga VI-58

Ekādasavidhena pana nimittaggāhaṃ sampādento kammaṭṭhānaṃ upanibandhati.

次以十一种法取相成就令心与业处密切的连结：

Ñ(VI,58): To succeed in apprehending the sign in the eleven ways is to anchor the meditation subject.

Tassa hi cakkhūni ummīletvā olokanapaccayā uggahanimittaṃ uppajjati.

即是由于他的开眼观看之缘，而得生起取相，

Ñ: For the opening of his eyes and looking conditions the arising of the learning sign;

Tasmiṃ mānasaṃ cārentassa paṭibhāganimittaṃ uppajjati.

由于置念于取相而得生起似相；

Ñ: and as he exercises his mind on that the counterpart sign arises;

Tattha mānasaṃ cārento appanaṃ pāpuṇāti.

置意于似相而成就安止定；

Ñ: and as he exercises his mind on that he reaches absorption.

Appanāyaṃ ṭhatvā vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhento arahattaṃ sacchikaroti.

在安止定中增大于毗钵舍那（观）而得证阿罗汉。

Ñ: When he is sure of absorption, he works up insight and realizes Arahantship.

Tena vuttaṃ ‘‘ekādasavidhena nimittaggāho upanibandhanattho’’ti.

所以说：「以十一种法相是为了令心与不净相密切的连结」。

Ñ: Hence it was said: apprehending the sign in the [other] eleven ways has anchoring [the mind] for its purpose.