Visuddhimagga XXII-16

Keci pana ekaṃ dve tīṇi cattāri vā phalacittānīti vadanti, taṃ na gahetabbaṃ.

然而有人说：有一、二、三或四（剎那）的果心。这是不应接受的。

Ñ(XXII,16): Some, however, say that there are one, two, three, four, or five fruition consciousnesses. That is inadmissible.

Anulomassa hi āsevanante gotrabhuñāṇaṃ uppajjati. Tasmā sabbantimena paricchedena dvīhi anulomacittehi bhavitabbaṃ. Na hi ekaṃ āsevanapaccayaṃ labhati, sattacittaparamā ca ekāvajjanavīthi. Tasmā yassa dve anulomāni, tassa tatiyaṃ gotrabhu catutthaṃ maggacittaṃ tīṇi phalacittāni honti. Yassa tīṇi anulomāni, tassa catutthaṃ gotrabhu pañcamaṃ maggacittaṃ dve phalacittāni honti. Tena vuttaṃ ‘‘dve tīṇi vā phalacittāni uppajjantī’’ti.

因为在修习随顺智之末而生起种姓智，所以最低限度应有二随顺心，一（随顺心）是不得为修习之缘的。同时在一速行的过程最长的是七心，所以对有些人有二随顺（心），第三为种姓（心），第四为道心，（最后的）三（剎那）为果心。对有些人则有三随顺心，第四为种姓，第五为道心，（后面的）二（剎那）为果心。因此故说「生起或二或三的果心」。

Ñ: For change-of-lineage knowledge arises at the end of conformity's repetition, so at the minimum there must be two conformity consciousnesses, since one alone does not act as repetition condition. And a single series of impulsions has a maximum of seven [impulsion] consciousnesses. Consequently, that series which has two conformities and change-of-lineage as third and path consciousness as fourth has three fruition consciousnesses. That which has three conformities and change-of-lineage as fourth and path consciousness as fifth has two fruition consciousnesses. That is why it was said above, 'There arise either two or three fruition consciousnesses.'.