[82] "Good, good, Ānanda! Sāriputta, answering rightly, would answer just so. Pleasure and pain (sukhadukkha), Ānanda, have been declared by me to be dependently arisen. Dependent on what? Dependent on contact (phassa). Speaking thus, one would be stating what has been said by me and would not misrepresent me with what is untrue; one would explain in accordance with the Dhamma, and no legitimate consequence of one's assertion would give ground for criticism.
"Therein, Ānanda, as to those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that pleasure and pain are made by oneself — that too is conditioned by contact. As to those who … As to those who … As to those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that pleasure and pain are neither made by oneself nor made by another, but have arisen fortuitously — that too is conditioned by contact.
"Therein, Ānanda, as to those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that pleasure and pain are made by oneself — that they should experience them apart from contact: such a thing is impossible. As to those who … As to those who … As to those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that pleasure and pain are neither made by oneself nor made by another, but have arisen fortuitously — that they should experience them apart from contact: such a thing is impossible."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.