[628] "What do you think, headman (gāmaṇi)? Would sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair arise in you through the slaying of the boy Ciravāsi, or through his imprisonment, loss, or censure?"
"Venerable sir, through the slaying of the boy Ciravāsi, or through his imprisonment, loss, or censure, there would be alteration even of my very life — how then would sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair not arise in me?"
"By this method, headman, it should be understood: whatever suffering (dukkha) arises, all of it arises rooted in desire (chanda), with desire as its source; for desire is the root of suffering.
"What do you think, headman? When you had neither seen nor heard Ciravāsi's mother, did you have desire, lust (rāga), or affection (pema) for Ciravāsi's mother?"
"No, venerable sir."
"Was it, headman, in dependence upon seeing or upon hearing that this arose in you: desire, lust, or affection for Ciravāsi's mother?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"What do you think, headman? Would sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair arise in you through the slaying of Ciravāsi's mother, or through her imprisonment, loss, or censure?"
"Venerable sir, through the slaying of Ciravāsi's mother, or through her imprisonment, loss, or censure, there would be alteration even of my very life — how then would sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair not arise in me?"
"By this method, headman, it should be understood: whatever suffering arises, all of it arises rooted in desire, with desire as its source; for desire is the root of suffering."
The eleventh.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.