Visuddhimagga VIII-29

174. Animittatoti avavatthānato,

（六）「以无相故」──是因为无确定，

Ñ(VIII,29): 6. As signless: as indefinable.

paricchedābhāvatoti attho.

无限定的意思。

Ñ: The meaning is that it is unpredictable.

Sattānaṃ hi –

所以有情的：

Ñ: For in the case of all beings:

Jīvitaṃ byādhi kālo ca, dehanikkhepanaṃ gati;

Pañcete jīvalokasmiṃ, animittā na nāyare.

命、病、时与身倒处，

以及趣等的五种，

在这生命的界内，

那是无相无知的。

Ñ: The span, the sickness, and the time, and where

The body will be laid, the destiny:

The living world can never know these things;

There is no sign foretells when they will be.