Visuddhimagga VIII-241

238. Tattha nirodhavasena tayo carimakā bhavacarimakā,

依那（出入息之）灭有三种最后（的出入息）：即有的最后，

Ñ(VIII,241): Herein, there are three kinds of [breaths that are] final because of cessation, that is to say, final in becoming,

jhānacarimakā,

禅的最后，

Ñ: final in jhāna,

cuticarimakāti.

死的最后。

Ñ: and final in death.

Bhavesu hi kāmabhave assāsapassāsā pavattanti,

（1）于诸有之中的欲有起出息入息，

Ñ: For, among the various kinds of becoming (existence), in-breaths and out-breaths occur in the sensual-sphere becoming,

rūpārūpabhavesu nappavattanti,

于色无色有中不起，

Ñ: not in the fine-material and immaterial kinds of becoming.

tasmā te bhavacarimakā.

故彼等（出息入息）为（欲）「有的最后」。

Ñ: That is why there are final ones in becoming.

Jhānesu purime jhānattaye pavattanti,

（2）于诸禅之中前三禅起（出入息），

Ñ: In the jhānas they occur in the first three

catutthe nappavattanti,

于第四禅不起，

Ñ: but not in the fourth.

tasmā te jhānacarimakā.

故彼等（出入息）为（前三）「禅的最后」。[PTS 292]

Ñ: That is why there are final ones in jhāna.

Ye pana cuticittassa purato soḷasamena cittena saddhiṃ uppajjitvā cuticittena saha nirujjhanti,

（3）在死心之前起了十六心之后，（出入息）与死心共灭，

Ñ: Those that arise along with the sixteenth consciousness preceeding the death consciousness [292] cease together with the death consciousness.

ime cuticarimakā nāma.

是名「死的最后」（的出入息）。

Ñ: They are called 'final in death'.

Ime idha ‘‘carimakā’’ti adhippetā.

而此死的最后即此最后（的出入息）之义。

Ñ: It is these last that are meant here by 'final'.