[810] "Lust (rāga) and hatred (dosa) have their source here;
discontent, delight, and terror are born from this;
arising from this, the thoughts of the mind (manovitakkā)
toss one up, as young boys toss up a crow.
Born of affection, sprung from oneself,
like the trunk-born shoots of the banyan tree,
manifold, they are entangled in sensual pleasures (kāmā),
like a māluvā creeper spread through the wood.
Those who understand it—whence it has its source¹—
they dispel it. Listen, yakkha!
They cross this flood (ogha), so hard to cross,
never crossed before, for no renewal of existence."
¹ Sī. (Sinhalese recension) reads *yatonidānā*.
The Fourth: the Maṇibhadda Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.