[883] Which phenomena (dhammā) are accompanied by thought (vitakka) and examination (vicāra)?
The wholesome of the sense sphere (kāmāvacara); the unwholesome; eleven arisings of mind (cittuppāda) as the resultant (vipāka) of the sense-sphere wholesome; two as the resultant of the unwholesome; eleven as functional (kiriya); the first jhāna of the form sphere (rūpāvacara), as wholesome, as resultant, and as functional; the supramundane (lokuttara) first jhāna, as wholesome and as resultant — setting aside the thought and examination that have arisen herein — these phenomena are accompanied by thought and examination.
Which phenomena are without thought, with examination only?
The second jhāna in the fivefold method (pañcaka-naya) of the form sphere, as wholesome, as resultant, and as functional; the second jhāna in the supramundane fivefold method, as wholesome and as resultant — setting aside the examination that has arisen herein — these phenomena are without thought, with examination only.
Which phenomena are without thought and without examination?
The two sets of fivefold consciousness (viññāṇa); the three-and-three jhānas of the form sphere, as wholesome, as resultant, and as functional; the four formless states (āruppa), as wholesome, as resultant, and as functional; the three-and-three supramundane jhānas, as wholesome and as resultant; the examination arisen in the second jhāna of the fivefold method; form (rūpa); and Nibbāna — these phenomena are without thought and without examination.
Examination conascent (sahajāta) with thought is not to be described as "accompanied by thought and examination," nor as "without thought, with examination only," nor as "without thought and without examination."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.