[136] Seventeen elements (dhātu) are not fetters (saṃyojana); the phenomena element (dhammadhātu) is sometimes a fetter, sometimes not a fetter. Sixteen elements are subject to fetters (saṃyojaniya); two elements are sometimes subject to fetters, sometimes not subject to fetters. Sixteen elements are dissociated from fetters (saṃyojana-vippayutta); two elements are sometimes associated with fetters (saṃyojana-sampayutta), sometimes dissociated from fetters. Sixteen elements cannot be described as "both fetters and subject to fetters"; they are subject to fetters but not fetters. The mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu) cannot be described as "both a fetter and subject to fetters"; it is sometimes subject to fetters but not a fetter, and sometimes cannot be described as "subject to fetters but not a fetter." The phenomena element is sometimes both a fetter and subject to fetters, sometimes subject to fetters but not a fetter, and sometimes cannot be described either as "both a fetter and subject to fetters" or as "subject to fetters but not a fetter." Sixteen elements cannot be described either as "both fetters and associated with fetters" or as "associated with fetters but not fetters." The mind-consciousness element cannot be described as "both a fetter and associated with fetters"; it is sometimes associated with fetters but not a fetter, and sometimes cannot be described as "associated with fetters but not a fetter." The phenomena element is sometimes both a fetter and associated with fetters, sometimes associated with fetters but not a fetter, and sometimes cannot be described either as "both a fetter and associated with fetters" or as "associated with fetters but not a fetter." Sixteen elements are dissociated from fetters but subject to fetters; two elements are sometimes dissociated from fetters but subject to fetters, sometimes dissociated from fetters and not subject to fetters, and sometimes cannot be described either as "dissociated from fetters but subject to fetters" or as "dissociated from fetters and not subject to fetters."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.