[472] For whom the nose base (ghānāyatana) does not arise, will the mind base (manāyatana) … the dhamma base (dhammāyatana) not arise for him?
For all who are passing away, and for those without a nose (aghānaka) who are being reborn, the nose base does not arise for them, yet it is not the case that the dhamma base will not arise for them. For those attaining final Nibbāna (parinibbāna) in the sense sphere (kāmāvacara), and for those in their final existence (pacchimabhavika) in the form sphere (rūpāvacara) and in the formless sphere (arūpāvacara), the nose base does not arise for them and the dhamma base will not arise.
Or rather, for whom the dhamma base will not arise, does the nose base not arise for him?
For those in their final existence who are being reborn into the sense sphere, the dhamma base will not arise for them, yet it is not the case that the nose base does not arise for them. For those attaining final Nibbāna in the sense sphere, and for those in their final existence in the form sphere and in the formless sphere, the dhamma base will not arise for them and the nose base does not arise.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.