1"I will teach you, bhikkhus, nine things rooted in craving. [n.1888] These are found, with elaborations, in the Mahānidāna Sutta, at DN 17–26, II 58–61. Listen and attend closely. I will speak."

"Yes, Bhante," those bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this:

"And what are the nine things rooted in craving? (1) In dependence on craving there is seeking. (2) In dependence on seeking there is gain. (3) In dependence on gain there is judgment. (4) In dependence on judgment there is desire and lust. (5) In dependence on desire and lust there is attachment. (6) In dependence on attachment there is possessiveness. (7) In dependence on possessiveness there is miserliness. (8) In dependence on miserliness there is safeguarding. (9) With safeguarding as the foundation originate the taking up of rods and weapons, quarrels, contentions, and disputes, accusations, divisive speech, and false speech, and many (other) bad unwholesome things. These are the nine things rooted in craving." [n.1889] The nine terms rooted in craving, with explanations from Mp in parenthesis, are: (1) pariyesanā (the seeking of objects such as forms); (2) lābha (the obtaining of objects such as forms); (3) vinicchaya (when one has gained a profit, one makes judgments by thinking what is desirable and undesirable, beautiful and ordinary, how much one will keep and how much give to others, how much use and how much save); (4) chandarāga (weak lust and strong lust, respectively, which arise toward the object thought about with unwholesome thoughts); (5) ajjhosāna (the strong conviction in "I and mine"); (6) pariggaha (taking possession by way of craving and views); (7) macchariya (unwillingness to share with others); (8) ārakkha (guarding carefully by closing doors and storing in boxes); (9) daṇḍādāna, etc. (the taking up of rods, etc., for the purpose of warding off others).

1"Nava, bhikkhave, taṇhāmūlake dhamme desessāmi, taṁ suṇātha.

Katame ca, bhikkhave, nava taṇhāmūlakā dhammā? Taṇhaṁ paṭicca pariyesanā, pariyesanaṁ paṭicca lābho, lābhaṁ paṭicca vinicchayo, vinicchayaṁ paṭicca chandarāgo, chandarāgaṁ paṭicca ajjhosānaṁ, ajjhosānaṁ paṭicca pariggaho, pariggahaṁ paṭicca macchariyaṁ, macchariyaṁ paṭicca ārakkho, ārakkhādhikaraṇaṁ daṇḍādānaṁ satthādānaṁ kalahaviggahavivādatuvaṁtuvaṁpesuññamusāvādā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti. Ime kho, bhikkhave, nava taṇhāmūlakā dhammā"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.