[623] Which is that form (rūpa) that is internal (ajjhattika) and not verbal intimation (vacī-viññatti)?
The eye sense base (cakkhāyatana) … the body sense base (kāyāyatana) — this is that form that is internal and not verbal intimation.
Which is that form that is external (bāhira) and is verbal intimation?
The speech, voice, verbal expression, utterance, noise, making of noise, speech, articulation of speech (vācā, girā, byappatha, udīraṇa, ghosa, ghosakamma, vācā, vacībheda) of a wholesome mind (kusala-citta), an unwholesome mind (akusala-citta), or an indeterminate mind (abyākata-citta) — this is called speech. The intimation, the making known, the state of having been made known (viññatti, viññāpanā, viññāpitatta) by that speech — this is that form that is external and is verbal intimation.
Which is that form that is external and not verbal intimation?
The form sense base (rūpāyatana) … edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāro āhāro) — this is that form that is external and not verbal intimation.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.