[108] "But if, Sāriputta, they were to question you thus: 'But, friend Sāriputta, existence (bhava) — what is its source (nidāna), what is its origin, from what is it born, from what is it produced?' — being asked thus, Sāriputta, how would you answer?"
"If, venerable sir, they were to question me thus: 'But, friend Sāriputta, existence — what is its source, what is its origin, from what is it born, from what is it produced?' — being asked thus, venerable sir, I would answer thus: 'Existence, friend, has clinging (upādāna) as its source, has clinging as its origin, is born of clinging, is produced from clinging.' Being asked thus, venerable sir, I would answer thus."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.