[519] What is that form (rūpa) which is the tongue sense base (jivhāyatana)?
That tongue (jivhā) which is the sensitivity (pasāda) derived from the four primary elements (mahābhūta), included in one's own person (attabhāvapariyāpanna), invisible (anidassana), and impinging (sappaṭigha); the tongue, invisible and impinging, by which one has tasted, or tastes, or will taste, or may taste a taste (rasa) that is invisible and impinging — this is the tongue; this too is the tongue sense base; this too is the tongue element (jivhādhātu); this too is the tongue faculty (jivhindriya); this too is a world; this too is a door; this too is an ocean; this too is the pure (paṇḍara); this too is a field; this too is a basis (vatthu); this too is the near shore; this too is an empty village — this is that form which is the tongue sense base.
What is that form which is the tongue sense base?
That tongue which is the sensitivity derived from the four primary elements, included in one's own person, invisible, and impinging; the tongue, invisible and impinging, upon which a taste, invisible and impinging, has impinged, or impinges, or will impinge, or may impinge — this is the tongue; this too is the tongue sense base; this too is the tongue element; this too is the tongue faculty; this too is a world; this too is a door; this too is an ocean; this too is the pure; this too is a field; this too is a basis; this too is the near shore; this too is an empty village — this is that form which is the tongue sense base.
What is that form which is the tongue sense base?
That tongue which is the sensitivity derived from the four primary elements, included in one's own person, invisible, and impinging; the tongue, invisible and impinging, which has impinged, or impinges, or will impinge, or may impinge upon a taste that is invisible and impinging — this is the tongue; this too is the tongue sense base; this too is the tongue element; this too is the tongue faculty; this too is a world; this too is a door; this too is an ocean; this too is the pure; this too is a field; this too is a basis; this too is the near shore; this too is an empty village — this is that form which is the tongue sense base.
What is that form which is the tongue sense base?
That tongue which is the sensitivity derived from the four primary elements, included in one's own person, invisible, and impinging; in dependence on which tongue, with reference to a taste, tongue-contact (jivhāsamphassa) has arisen, or arises, or will arise, or may arise … in dependence on which tongue, with reference to a taste, feeling (vedanā) born of tongue-contact … perception (saññā) … volition (cetanā) … tongue-consciousness (jivhāviññāṇa) has arisen, or arises, or will arise, or may arise … in dependence on which tongue, tongue-contact having taste as its object (rasārammaṇa) has arisen, or arises, or will arise, or may arise; in dependence on which tongue, feeling born of tongue-contact, having taste as its object, … perception … volition … tongue-consciousness has arisen, or arises, or will arise, or may arise — this is the tongue; this too is the tongue sense base; this too is the tongue element; this too is the tongue faculty; this too is a world; this too is a door; this too is an ocean; this too is the pure; this too is a field; this too is a basis; this too is the near shore; this too is an empty village — this is that form which is the tongue sense base.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.