[135] Seventeen elements (dhātu) are not taints (āsava); the dhamma-element (dhammadhātu) is sometimes a taint, sometimes not a taint. Sixteen elements are subject to taints (sāsava); two elements are sometimes subject to taints, sometimes free from taints (anāsava). Sixteen elements are dissociated from taints (āsavavippayutta); two elements are sometimes associated with taints (āsavasampayutta), sometimes dissociated from taints. Sixteen elements are not to be described as "both taints and subject to taints"; they are subject to taints but not taints. The mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu) is not to be described as "both a taint and subject to taints"; it is sometimes subject to taints but not a taint, sometimes not to be described as "subject to taints but not a taint." The dhamma-element is sometimes both a taint and subject to taints, sometimes subject to taints but not a taint, sometimes not to be described either as "both a taint and subject to taints" or as "subject to taints but not a taint." Sixteen elements are not to be described either as "both taints and associated with taints" or as "associated with taints but not taints." The mind-consciousness element is not to be described as "both a taint and associated with taints"; it is sometimes associated with taints but not a taint, sometimes not to be described as "associated with taints but not a taint." The dhamma-element is sometimes both a taint and associated with taints, sometimes associated with taints but not a taint, sometimes not to be described either as "both a taint and associated with taints" or as "associated with taints but not a taint." Sixteen elements are dissociated from taints but subject to taints; two elements are sometimes dissociated from taints but subject to taints, sometimes dissociated from taints and free from taints, sometimes not to be described either as "dissociated from taints but subject to taints" or as "dissociated from taints and free from taints."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.