[523] What is that form (rūpa) which is the odor base (gandhāyatana)?
That odor (gandha) which, derived (upādāya) from the four primary elements (mahābhūta), is invisible (anidassana) and impinging (sappaṭigha) — the odor of roots, the odor of heartwood, the odor of bark, the odor of leaves, the odor of flowers, the odor of fruits, raw odor, putrid odor, fragrant odor, foul odor, or whatever other odor there is, derived from the four primary elements, invisible and impinging — the odor, invisible and impinging, which one smelled, or smells, or will smell, or would smell with the nose (ghāna) that is invisible and impinging: this is odor, this too is the odor base, this too is the odor element (gandhadhātu). This is that form which is the odor base.
What is that form which is the odor base?
That odor which, derived from the four primary elements, is invisible and impinging — the odor of roots, the odor of heartwood, the odor of bark, the odor of leaves, the odor of flowers, the odor of fruits, raw odor, putrid odor, fragrant odor, foul odor, or whatever other odor there is, derived from the four primary elements, invisible and impinging — the odor, invisible and impinging, upon which the nose, invisible and impinging, impinged, or impinges, or will impinge, or would impinge: this is odor, this too is the odor base, this too is the odor element. This is that form which is the odor base.
What is that form which is the odor base?
That odor which, derived from the four primary elements, is invisible and impinging — the odor of roots, the odor of heartwood, the odor of bark, the odor of leaves, the odor of flowers, the odor of fruits, raw odor, putrid odor, fragrant odor, foul odor, or whatever other odor there is, derived from the four primary elements, invisible and impinging — the odor, invisible and impinging, which impinged, or impinges, or will impinge, or would impinge upon the nose that is invisible and impinging: this is odor, this too is the odor base, this too is the odor element. This is that form which is the odor base.
What is that form which is the odor base?
That odor which, derived from the four primary elements, is invisible and impinging — the odor of roots, the odor of heartwood, the odor of bark, the odor of leaves, the odor of flowers, the odor of fruits, raw odor, putrid odor, fragrant odor, foul odor, or whatever other odor there is, derived from the four primary elements, invisible and impinging — on account of which odor, dependent on the nose, nose-contact (ghānasamphassa) arose, or arises, or will arise, or would arise … on account of which odor, dependent on the nose, feeling (vedanā) born of nose-contact … perception (saññā) … volition (cetanā) … nose-consciousness (ghānaviññāṇa) arose, or arises, or will arise, or would arise … having which odor as its object (ārammaṇa), dependent on the nose, nose-contact arose, or arises, or will arise, or would arise … having which odor as its object, dependent on the nose, feeling born of nose-contact … perception … volition … nose-consciousness arose, or arises, or will arise, or would arise — this is odor, this too is the odor base, this too is the odor element. This is that form which is the odor base.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.