[133] Seventeen elements (dhātu) are not roots (na hetū); the dhamma element (dhammadhātu) is sometimes a root (hetu), sometimes not a root. Sixteen elements are without roots (ahetuka); two elements are sometimes accompanied by roots (sahetuka), sometimes without roots. Sixteen elements are dissociated from roots (hetuvippayutta); two elements are sometimes associated with roots (hetusampayutta), sometimes dissociated from roots. Sixteen elements cannot be described (na vattabbā) either as "both roots and accompanied by roots" or as "accompanied by roots but not roots." The mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu) cannot be described as "both a root and accompanied by roots"; it is sometimes accompanied by roots but not a root, and sometimes it cannot be described as "accompanied by roots but not a root." The dhamma element is sometimes both a root and accompanied by roots, sometimes accompanied by roots but not a root, and sometimes it cannot be described either as "both a root and accompanied by roots" or as "accompanied by roots but not a root." Sixteen elements cannot be described either as "both roots and associated with roots" or as "associated with roots but not roots." The mind-consciousness element cannot be described as "both a root and associated with roots"; it is sometimes associated with roots but not a root, and sometimes it cannot be described as "associated with roots but not a root." The dhamma element is sometimes both a root and associated with roots, sometimes associated with roots but not a root, and sometimes it cannot be described either as "both a root and associated with roots" or as "associated with roots but not a root." Sixteen elements are not roots and without roots. The mind-consciousness element is sometimes not a root but accompanied by roots, sometimes not a root and without roots. The dhamma element is sometimes not a root but accompanied by roots, sometimes not a root and without roots, and sometimes it cannot be described either as "not a root but accompanied by roots" or as "not a root and without roots."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.