Visuddhimagga VIII-114

194. Yakananti yamakamaṃsapaṭalaṃ.

（12）「肝脏」是一对的肉膜。

[LIVER]

Ñ(VIII,114): This is a twin slab of flesh.

Taṃ vaṇṇato rattaṃ paṇḍukadhātukaṃ nātirattakumudassa pattapiṭṭhivaṇṇaṃ.

其颜「色」赤色，淡赤色，不甚浓赤色，如白莲的花瓣的背部之色。

Ñ: As to colour, it is a brownish shade of red, the colour of the not-too-red backs of white water-lily petals.

Saṇṭhānato mūle ekaṃ agge yamakaṃ koviḷārapattasaṇṭhānaṃ.

「形」──根上是一，到了顶端分为一双（左右二叶）如俱毗兰罗（乌木？）的叶形。

Ñ: As to shape, with its single root and twin ends, it is the shape of a koviḷāra leaf.

Tañca dandhānaṃ ekameva hoti mahantaṃ,

愚痴者（的肝脏）仅一片叶，

Ñ: In sluggish people it is single and large;

paññavantānaṃ dve vā tīṇi vā khuddakāni.

而智者（的肝脏）则成二或三的小叶。

Ñ: in those possessed of understanding there are two or three small ones.

Disato uparimāya disāya jātaṃ,

「方位」──生在上位。

Ñ: As to direction, it lies in the upper direction.

okāsato dvinnaṃ thanānaṃ abbhantare dakkhiṇapassaṃ nissāya ṭhitaṃ.

「处所」──寄在二乳房的内部的右侧。

Ñ: As to location, it is to be found on the right side, inside from the two breasts.

Paricchedato yakanaṃ yakanabhāgena paricchinnaṃ,

「界限」──肝脏以肝脏的（边际）部分为限。

Ñ: As to delimitation, it is bounded by what appertains to liver.

ayamassa sabhāgaparicchedo.

这是它的「自分的界限」。

Ñ: … (This is the delimitation by the similar.)

Visabhāgaparicchedo pana kesasadisoyeva.

「他分的界限」与发相似。

Ñ: (But their delimitation by the dissimilar is like that for the head hairs.)