[516] Which is that form that is the eye base (cakkhāyatana)?
That eye (cakkhu) which is the sensitivity (pasāda) derived from the four primary elements (mahābhūta), included in one's personal being (attabhāva), invisible (anidassana), impinging (sappaṭigha) — the eye, invisible and impinging, by which one has seen, sees, will see, or may see form that is visible (sanidassana) and impinging — it is the eye; it is the eye base; it is the eye element (cakkhudhātu); it is the eye faculty (cakkhundriya); it is a world (loka); it is a door (dvāra); it is an ocean (samudda); it is the lucent (paṇḍara); it is a field (khetta); it is a basis (vatthu); it is a guide (netta); it is an organ of sight (nayana); it is the near shore (orimaṃ tīraṃ); it is an empty village (suñño gāmo): this is that form that is the eye base.
Which is that form that is the eye base?
That eye which is the sensitivity derived from the four primary elements, included in one's personal being, invisible, impinging — the eye, invisible and impinging, upon which form that is visible and impinging has impinged, impinges, will impinge, or may impinge — it is the eye; it is the eye base; it is the eye element; it is the eye faculty; it is a world; it is a door; it is an ocean; it is the lucent; it is a field; it is a basis; it is a guide; it is an organ of sight; it is the near shore; it is an empty village: this is that form that is the eye base.
Which is that form that is the eye base?
That eye which is the sensitivity derived from the four primary elements, included in one's personal being, invisible, impinging — the eye, invisible and impinging, which has impinged, impinges, will impinge, or may impinge upon form that is visible and impinging — it is the eye; it is the eye base; it is the eye element; it is the eye faculty; it is a world; it is a door; it is an ocean; it is the lucent; it is a field; it is a basis; it is a guide; it is an organ of sight; it is the near shore; it is an empty village: this is that form that is the eye base.
Which is that form that is the eye base?
That eye which is the sensitivity derived from the four primary elements, included in one's personal being, invisible, impinging — dependent on which eye, with reference to form, eye-contact (cakkhusamphassa) has arisen, arises, will arise, or may arise … dependent on which eye, with reference to form, feeling (vedanā) born of eye-contact … perception (saññā) … volition (cetanā) … eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) has arisen, arises, will arise, or may arise … dependent on which eye, eye-contact having form as its object (rūpārammaṇa) has arisen, arises, will arise, or may arise … dependent on which eye, feeling born of eye-contact, having form as its object, … perception … volition … eye-consciousness has arisen, arises, will arise, or may arise — it is the eye; it is the eye base; it is the eye element; it is the eye faculty; it is a world; it is a door; it is an ocean; it is the lucent; it is a field; it is a basis; it is a guide; it is an organ of sight; it is the near shore; it is an empty village: this is that form that is the eye base.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.