[127] Mind-contact (manosamphasso), too, is impermanent, subject to change, becoming otherwise. Whatever cause and whatever condition there is for the arising of mind-contact — that cause, too, that condition, too, is impermanent, subject to change, becoming otherwise. Bhikkhus, when mind-contact has arisen in dependence on a condition that is impermanent, how could it be permanent? Contacted, bhikkhus, one feels; contacted, one intends; contacted, one perceives. Thus these dhammas too are unstable and afflicted, impermanent, subject to change, becoming otherwise. Thus, bhikkhus, in dependence on a dyad (dvaya) mind-consciousness comes to be.
The tenth [sutta].
The Channa Vagga, the fourth.
Its summary (uddāna):
Paloka, Suñña, Saṅkhitta; Channa, Puṇṇa, and Bāhiya;
two spoken with "Ejā"; and two others with "Dvaya."
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#1 In the Burmese (Ma.) and European (Yu.) editions this reading does not occur.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.