[121] Then that bhikkhu, having sat down on his own seat, said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, are these the five aggregates subject to clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā), namely: the aggregate of form (rūpa) subject to clinging, the aggregate of feeling (vedanā) subject to clinging, the aggregate of perception (saññā) subject to clinging, the aggregate of volitional formations (saṅkhārā) subject to clinging, and the aggregate of consciousness (viññāṇa) subject to clinging?"
"Bhikkhu, these are the five aggregates subject to clinging, namely: the aggregate of form subject to clinging, the aggregate of feeling subject to clinging, the aggregate of perception subject to clinging, the aggregate of volitional formations subject to clinging, and the aggregate of consciousness subject to clinging."
Saying, "Good, venerable sir," that bhikkhu delighted and rejoiced in the Blessed One's words, and then asked the Blessed One a further question: "But venerable sir, in what are these five aggregates subject to clinging rooted?"
"Bhikkhu, these five aggregates subject to clinging are rooted in desire (chanda)."
"Venerable sir, is that very clinging (upādāna) the same as the five aggregates subject to clinging, or is clinging something apart from the five aggregates subject to clinging?"
"Bhikkhu, that clinging is neither the very same as the five aggregates subject to clinging, nor is clinging something apart from the five aggregates subject to clinging. Rather, bhikkhu, the desire and lust (chandarāga) in regard to the five aggregates subject to clinging — that is the clinging there."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.