Visuddhimagga VIII-111

193. Hadayanti hadayamaṃsaṃ.

（11）「心脏」即肉心。

[HEART]

Ñ(VIII,111): This is the heart flesh.

Taṃ vaṇṇato rattapadumapattapiṭṭhivaṇṇaṃ.

其「色」红如莲的花瓣的背面之色。

Ñ: As to colour, it is the colour of the back of a red-lotus petal.

Saṇṭhānato bāhirapattāni apanetvā adhomukhaṃ ṭhapitapadumamakuḷasaṇṭhānaṃ.

「形」──如除去外部的花瓣而倒置的莲蕾之形。

Ñ: As to shape, it is the shape of a lotus bud with the outer petals removed and turned upside down;

Bahi maṭṭhaṃ,

外部光滑，

Ñ: it is smooth outside,

anto kosātakīphalassa abbhantarasadisaṃ.

内如丝瓜的内部。

Ñ: and inside it is like the interior of a kosātakī (loofah gourd).

Paññavantānaṃ thokaṃ vikasitaṃ,

智慧者的（心脏）略开少许（如莲花），

Ñ: In those who possess understanding it is a little expanded;

mandapaññānaṃ makuḷitameva.

无慧者的（心脏）仅如（莲花的）蕾。

Ñ: in those without understanding it is still only a bud.

Anto cassa punnāgaṭṭhipatiṭṭhānamatto āvāṭako hoti, yattha addhapasatamattaṃ lohitaṃ saṇṭhāti,

而（心脏）内空可放一波那伽（铁力木）的种子，在那里有半掌握的血，

Ñ: Inside it there is a hollow the size of a punnāga seed's bed where half a pasata measure of blood is kept,

yaṃ nissāya manodhātu ca manoviññāṇadhātu ca vattanti.

意界及意识界依彼而活动。

Ñ: with which as their support the mind element and mind-consciousness element occur.