[116] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is both a root (hetu) and accompanied by roots (sahetuka) is a condition, by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya), for a phenomenon that is both a root and accompanied by roots: object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya) … Natural decisive-support: roots are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for roots.
Roots are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for aggregates (khandhā) that are accompanied by roots but are not roots.
Roots are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for roots and the associated (sampayuttaka) aggregates.
The roots of both of these questions should be asked.
A phenomenon that is accompanied by roots but is not a root is a condition, by decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon that is accompanied by roots but is not a root: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support … Natural decisive-support: in dependence on faith (saddhā) one gives a gift (dāna) … gives rise to an attainment (samāpatti), conceives conceit (māna), grasps a view (diṭṭhi); in dependence on virtue (sīla) … … aspiration (patthanā), one gives a gift … one causes schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … aspiration is a condition, by decisive-support condition, for faith … for aspiration.
In the section having as its root that which is accompanied by roots but is not a root, the remaining two questions should be elaborated in this manner.
A phenomenon that is both a root and accompanied by roots and a phenomenon that is accompanied by roots but is not a root are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon that is both a root and accompanied by roots: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support … Natural decisive-support: roots and the associated aggregates are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for roots.
Two roots should be asked.
Roots and the associated aggregates are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for aggregates that are accompanied by roots but are not roots.
The root should be asked.
Roots and the associated aggregates are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for roots and the associated aggregates.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.