[1045] And how is there [the craving] "I may be thus"? "I may be a warrior-ruler (khattiya)," or "I may be a brahmin (brāhmaṇa)," or "I may be a merchant (vessa)," or "I may be a labourer (sudda)," or "I may be a householder (gahaṭṭha)," or "I may be one gone forth (pabbajita)," or "I may be a deva," or "I may be a human being (manussa)," or "I may be one having form (rūpī)," or "I may be formless (arūpī)," or "I may be percipient (saññī)," or "I may be non-percipient (asaññī)," or "I may be neither percipient nor non-percipient (nevasaññīnāsaññī)" — thus there is [the craving] "I may be thus."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.