[36] **"Bound to the comforts of existence, with longing as their source" (icchānidānā bhavasātabaddhā):** craving (taṇhā) is called "longing" (icchā), namely: that which is lust, infatuation, fondness, complaisance, delight, delight-and-lust, infatuation of the mind (citta), longing, dazedness, holding fast, greed, voracious greed, attachment, the mire, agitation, deception, the genetrix, the progenitress, the seamstress, the ensnarer, the river, the clinging entanglement (visattikā), the thread, the diffusion, the accumulator (āyūhanī), the companion, aspiration, the conduit to existence (bhavanetti), the forest, the thicket, intimacy, affection, regard, binding, hope, hoping, the state of hoping, hope for forms, hope for sounds, hope for odours, hope for tastes, hope for tangibles, hope for gain, hope for wealth, hope for sons, hope for life, hankering, hankering onward, hankering intensely, hankering, the act of hankering, the state of hankering, greediness, the act of greediness, the state of greediness, fawning (pucchañcikatā), the desire for what is agreeable, unrighteous lust, inordinate greed, longing, yearning, wishing, envious longing, ardent wishing; craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for non-existence (kāmataṇhā, bhavataṇhā, vibhavataṇhā), craving for form [existence], craving for the formless [existence], craving for cessation, craving for forms, craving for sounds, craving for odours, craving for tastes, craving for tangibles, craving for mental phenomena; the flood (ogha), the yoke (yoga), the tie (gantha), clinging (upādāna), the obstruction, the hindrance (nīvaraṇa), the covering, the bondage, the defilement (upakkilesa), the latent tendency (anusaya), the obsession (pariyuṭṭhāna), the creeper, avarice, the root of suffering (dukkha), the source of suffering, the origin of suffering, Māra's snare, Māra's hook, Māra's domain, the river of craving, the net of craving, the leash of craving, the ocean of craving, covetousness (abhijjhā), greed (lobha), the unwholesome root.
**"With longing as their source":** with longing as source, with longing as cause, with longing as condition, with longing as reason, with longing as origin — hence, "with longing as their source."
**"Bound to the comforts of existence":** one comfort of existence (bhavasāta): pleasant feeling (vedanā). Two comforts of existence: pleasant feeling and a desirable object. Three comforts of existence: youth, health, life. Four comforts of existence: gain, fame, praise, happiness. Five comforts of existence: agreeable forms, agreeable sounds, agreeable odours, agreeable tastes, agreeable tangibles. Six comforts of existence: the accomplishment of the eye, the accomplishment of the ear, the accomplishment of the nose, the accomplishment of the tongue, the accomplishment of the body, the accomplishment of the mind.
**"Bound to the comforts of existence":** bound to pleasant feeling, bound to a desirable object, bound to youth, bound to health, bound to life, bound to gain, bound to fame, bound to praise, bound to happiness, bound to agreeable forms, bound to [agreeable] sounds, odours, tastes, bound to agreeable tangibles, bound to the accomplishment of the eye, bound to the accomplishment of the ear, of the nose, of the tongue, of the body, of the mind — bound, fastened, tied, attached, stuck, impeded. Hence, "bound to the comforts of existence, with longing as their source."
[Apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ M. dunniveṭhayā; Yu. dunnivedhayā. ² M. dubbinivattāti. ³ In some books the reading bhavasātabandhā is seen. ⁴ P., M. paṭibandhu; Yu. paṭibandho. ⁵ P. muñcikatā; M. pucchañchikatā; Yu. mucchañchikatā. ⁶ M. icchānidānakā.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.