[308] Bhikkhus, when there are no hands, there is no picking up and putting down; when there are no feet, there is no going forward and returning; when there are no joints, there is no bending and stretching; when there is no belly, there is no hunger and thirst. Even so, bhikkhus, when there is no eye, internal pleasure and pain (sukhadukkha) do not arise with eye-contact as condition … with tongue-contact as condition … when there is no mind, internal pleasure and pain do not arise with mind-contact as condition.
The Ocean Chapter (Samuddavagga), the third.
Its summary verse (uddāna):
Two on the ocean, the fisherman,
with the milk-sap tree, Koṭṭhika,
Kāmabhū and also Udāyī,
and with the burning as the eighth,
and the hands, feet, and joints (two) —
by these the chapter is recited.
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Variant readings: ¹ M., Yu.: "sukhaṃ dukkhaṃ … hatthesu." ² Yu.: "bāḷasiko." ³ M.: "hatthapādūpamā dve"; Yu.: "hatthapādupamā duve."
The Chapter on the Simile of the Vipers (Āsīvisavagga), the fourth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.