[445] For whomever the eye base (cakkhāyatana) arises, will the form base (rūpāyatana) arise for that one?
For those in their final existence (pacchimabhavika) who are being reborn into five-constituent existence (pañcavokāra), and for those who, having been reborn into the formless plane (arūpa), will attain final Nibbāna — for these, while they are being reborn, the eye base arises, but the form base will not arise for them. For the others with eyes who are being reborn, the eye base arises for them and the form base will arise.
Or, for whomever the form base will arise, does the eye base arise for that one?
For all who are passing away and for those without eyes who are being reborn, the form base will arise for them, but the eye base does not arise for them. For those with eyes who are being reborn, the form base will arise for them and the eye base arises.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.