[246] "Bhikkhus, if there is lust (rāga) for the nutriment (āhāra) of edible food (kavaḷīkāra āhāra), if there is delight (nandi), if there is craving (taṇhā), consciousness (viññāṇa) becomes established there and comes to growth. Where consciousness is established and has come to growth, there is the descent of name-and-form (nāmarūpa). Where there is the descent of name-and-form, there is the growth of volitional formations (saṅkhārā). Where there is the growth of volitional formations, there is the production of renewed existence (punabbhava) in the future. Where there is the production of renewed existence in the future, there is birth, aging, and death (jāti-jarā-maraṇa) in the future. Where there is birth, aging, and death in the future — that, bhikkhus, I say is accompanied by sorrow (soka), accompanied by dust, accompanied by despair (upāyāsa).
"Bhikkhus, if there is lust for the nutriment of contact … Bhikkhus, if there is lust for the nutriment of mental volition … Bhikkhus, if there is lust for the nutriment of consciousness, if there is delight, if there is craving, consciousness becomes established there and comes to growth. Where consciousness is established and has come to growth, there is the descent of name-and-form. Where there is the descent of name-and-form, there is the growth of volitional formations. Where there is the growth of volitional formations, there is the production of renewed existence in the future. Where there is the production of renewed existence in the future, there is birth, aging, and death in the future. Where there is birth, aging, and death in the future — that, bhikkhus, I say is accompanied by sorrow, accompanied by dust, accompanied by despair."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.