[457] **Dear things in the world have desire as their source** (chandanidānāni piyāni loke): "desire" (chanda) is whatever, with regard to sensual pleasures, is sensual desire (kāmacchanda), sensual lust (kāmarāga), sensual delight (kāmanandi), craving for sensual pleasures (kāmataṇhā), sensual affection (kāmasneha), sensual fever (kāmapariḷāha), sensual infatuation (kāmamucchā), sensual adherence (kāmajjhosāna), the flood of sensuality (kāmogha), the yoke of sensuality (kāmayoga), clinging to sensuality (kāmupādāna), the hindrance of sensual desire (kāmacchandanīvaraṇa). Moreover, there are five desires: the desire for seeking, the desire for gaining, the desire for enjoying, the desire for storing up, and the desire for giving out.
What is the desire for seeking? Here someone, attached, wanting, with desire arisen, seeks forms; seeks sounds, odors, tastes, and tangible objects. This is the desire for seeking.
What is the desire for gaining? Here someone, attached, wanting, with desire arisen, gains forms; gains sounds, odors, tastes, and tangible objects. This is the desire for gaining.
What is the desire for enjoying? Here someone, attached, wanting, with desire arisen, enjoys forms; enjoys sounds, odors, tastes, and tangible objects. This is the desire for enjoying.
What is the desire for storing up? Here someone, attached, wanting, with desire arisen, makes an accumulation of wealth, thinking, "It will be [of use] in times of adversity." This is the desire for storing up.
What is the desire for giving out? Here someone, attached, wanting, with desire arisen, gives out wealth to elephant riders, horse riders, charioteers, archers, and foot soldiers, thinking, "These will protect me, guard me, and surround me." This is the desire for giving out.
**Dear things** (piyāni): there are two kinds of dear things: beings or formations (saṅkhārā) … these beings are dear … these formations are dear. **Dear things in the world have desire as their source**: dear things have desire as their source (nidāna), have desire as their origin, are born of desire, are produced from desire; therefore, "dear things in the world have desire as their source."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.