[1254] S. Is verbal action (vacīkamma) originated by a wholesome mind (citta) form (rūpa), and is it wholesome?
P. Yes.
S. Is it with an object (sārammaṇa)? Is there adverting (āvajjanā) of it … aspiration (paṇidhi)?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is it not without an object (anārammaṇa), with no adverting of it … aspiration?
P. Yes.
S. If it is without an object, with no adverting of it … aspiration, then indeed you should not say: "Verbal action originated by a wholesome mind is form and is wholesome."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.