Visuddhimagga XI-111

359. Paccayavibhāgatoti dhātūnaṃ hi kammaṃ, cittaṃ, āhāro, utūti cattāro paccayā.

（十三）「以缘的分别」，四界有业、心、食、时的四缘。

Ñ(XI,111): 13. As to analysis of conditions: there are four conditions for the elements, that is to say, kamma, consciousness, nutriment, and temperature.

Tattha kammasamuṭṭhānānaṃ kammameva paccayo hoti, na cittādayo.

此中由业等起的界，只以业为缘，非以心等为缘。

Ñ: Herein, kamma alone is a condition for what is kamma-originated, not consciousness and the rest.

Cittādisamuṭṭhānānampi cittādayova paccayā honti, na itare.

由心等而等起的界，亦只以心等为缘，而非其它。

Ñ: And consciousness, etc., alone are the respective conditions for what is consciousness-originated, etc., not the others.

Kammasamuṭṭhānānañca kammaṃ janakapaccayo hoti,

业为业等起的界的生缘，

Ñ: And kamma is the producing condition for what is kamma-originated;

sesānaṃ pariyāyato upanissayapaccayo hoti.

据经说是其余诸界的近依缘（强因）。

Ñ: it is indirectly decisive-support condition for the rest.

Cittasamuṭṭhānānaṃ cittaṃ janakapaccayo hoti,

心为心等起的界的生缘，

Ñ: Consciousness is the producing condition for what is consciousness-originated;

sesānaṃ pacchājātapaccayo atthipaccayo avigatapaccayo ca.

是余界的后生缘、有缘及不离缘。

Ñ: it is postnascence condition and presence and non-disappearance conditions for the rest.

Āhārasamuṭṭhānānaṃ āhāro janakapaccayo hoti,

食为食等起的界的生缘，

Ñ: Nutriment is the producing condition for what is nutriment-originated;

sesānaṃ āhārapaccayo atthipaccayo avigatapaccayo ca.

是余界的食缘、有缘、及不离缘。

Ñ: it is nutriment condition and presence and non-disappearance conditions for the rest.

Utusamuṭṭhānānaṃ utu janakapaccayo hoti,

时节为时等起的界的生缘，

Ñ: Temperature is the producing condition for what is temperature-originated;

sesānaṃ atthipaccayo avigatapaccayo ca.

是余界的有缘及不离缘。

Ñ: it is presence and non-disappearance conditions for the rest.

Kammasamuṭṭhānaṃ mahābhūtaṃ kammasamuṭṭhānānampi mahābhūtānaṃ paccayo hoti cittādisamuṭṭhānānampi.

业等起的大种为业等起的诸大种之缘，亦为心等的等起的（诸大种之缘）。

Ñ: A kamma-originated great primary is a condition for a kamma-originated great primary, and also for the consciousness-originated, and so on.

Tathā cittasamuṭṭhānaṃ, āhārasamuṭṭhānaṃ. Utusamuṭṭhānaṃ mahābhūtaṃ utusamuṭṭhānānampi mahābhūtānaṃ paccayo hoti kammādisamuṭṭhānānampi.

如是心等起，食等起，乃至时等起的大种为时等起的诸大种之缘，亦为业等的等起的（诸大种之缘）。

Ñ: Likewise the consciousness-originated and the nutriment originated. A temperature-originated great primary is a condition for a temperature-originated great primary, and for the kamma-originated, and so on (cf. Ch. XX, §27f.).