[719] **Thus might there be for me with a companion (dutiya):** with craving (taṇhā) as companion. One has either craving as companion or a person as companion.
How does one have craving as companion? Craving: craving for forms, craving for sounds, craving for odours, craving for tastes, craving for tangibles, craving for dhammas. One in whom this craving is unabandoned is called one with craving as companion.
A man with craving as his companion,
wandering on for a long stretch of time,
does not pass beyond saṃsāra,
with its being thus and its being otherwise.
Thus one has craving as companion.
How does one have a person as companion? Here a certain one—not on account of himself, nor on account of any cause—being restless, with an unstilled mind, becomes second to one person, or third to two, or fourth to three; there he utters much frivolous talk (samphappalāpa), namely: talk of kings, talk of robbers, talk of great ministers, talk of armies, talk of dangers, talk of battles, talk of food, talk of drink, talk of clothing, talk of garlands, talk of relatives, talk of vehicles, talk of villages, talk of towns, talk of cities, talk of countries, talk of women, talk of men, talk of heroes, talk of streets, talk at the well, speculation about the world, speculation about the sea, and talk of becoming thus and otherwise—so he talks. Thus one has a person as companion. Hence: "Thus might there be for me with a companion."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.