[462] **"Desire (chanda) in the world — having what as its source (nidāna)?"** means: Having what as its source is desire? From what is it born, from what has it arisen, from what is it produced, from what is it brought forth, from what has it become manifest? What is its source, what its origin, what its birth, what its provenance? — thus one asks about the root of desire … asks about its origin; one asks, questions closely, requests, implores, and entreats. Hence: "Desire in the world — having what as its source?"
[Edition apparatus embedded in the source, belonging to the preceding passage: #1 Yu.: *yāya*. #2 Po., Ma.: *āsāya samiddhi vuccate niṭṭhā*. #3 Ma.: *niṭṭhāparāyanā honti*.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.