[138] Seventeen elements (dhātu) are not floods (ogha) … are not bonds (yoga) … are not hindrances (nīvaraṇa); the dhamma element (dhammadhātu) sometimes is a hindrance, sometimes is not a hindrance. Sixteen elements are conducive to hindrances (nīvaraṇiya); two elements sometimes are conducive to hindrances, sometimes are not conducive to hindrances (anīvaraṇiya). Sixteen elements are dissociated from hindrances (nīvaraṇavippayutta); two elements sometimes are associated with hindrances (nīvaraṇasampayutta), sometimes are dissociated from hindrances. Sixteen elements should not be said to be "both hindrances and conducive to hindrances"; they are "conducive to hindrances but not hindrances." The mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu) should not be said to be "both a hindrance and conducive to hindrances"; sometimes it is "conducive to hindrances but not a hindrance"; sometimes it should not be said to be "conducive to hindrances but not a hindrance." The dhamma element sometimes is "both a hindrance and conducive to hindrances"; sometimes is "conducive to hindrances but not a hindrance"; sometimes should not be said to be either "both a hindrance and conducive to hindrances" or "conducive to hindrances but not a hindrance." Sixteen elements should not be said to be either "both hindrances and associated with hindrances" or "associated with hindrances but not hindrances." The mind-consciousness element should not be said to be "both a hindrance and associated with hindrances"; sometimes it is "associated with hindrances but not a hindrance"; sometimes it should not be said to be "associated with hindrances but not a hindrance." The dhamma element sometimes is "both a hindrance and associated with hindrances"; sometimes is "associated with hindrances but not a hindrance"; sometimes should not be said to be either "both a hindrance and associated with hindrances" or "associated with hindrances but not a hindrance." Sixteen elements are dissociated from hindrances but conducive to hindrances; two elements sometimes are dissociated from hindrances but conducive to hindrances, sometimes are dissociated from hindrances and not conducive to hindrances, sometimes should not be said to be either "dissociated from hindrances but conducive to hindrances" or "dissociated from hindrances and not conducive to hindrances."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.