[590] Which is that form (rūpa) that is internal (ajjhattika), clung-to and subject to clinging (upādinnupādāniya)?
The eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the body base (kāyāyatana) — this is that form that is internal, clung-to and subject to clinging.
Which is that form that is external (bāhira), clung-to and subject to clinging?
The femininity faculty (itthindriya), the masculinity faculty (purisindriya), the life faculty (jīvitindriya); or whatever other form there is due to kamma having been performed: the form base (rūpāyatana), the odour base (gandhāyatana), the taste base (rasāyatana), the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana), the space element (ākāsadhātu), the water element (āpodhātu), the growth of form (rūpassa upacayo), the continuity of form (rūpassa santati), edible food (kabaḷīkāro āhāro) — this is that form that is external, clung-to and subject to clinging.
Which is that form that is external, not clung-to but subject to clinging (anupādinnupādāniya)?
The sound base (saddāyatana), bodily intimation (kāyaviññatti), verbal intimation (vacīviññatti), the lightness of form (rūpassa lahutā), the malleability of form (rūpassa mudutā), the wieldiness of form (rūpassa kammaññatā), the decay of form (rūpassa jaratā), the impermanence of form (rūpassa aniccatā); or whatever other form there is not due to kamma having been performed: the form base, the odour base, the taste base, the tangible base, the space element, the water element, the growth of form, the continuity of form, edible food — this is that form that is external, not clung-to but subject to clinging.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.