1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, desire and lust for the eye is a corruption of the mind. [n.273] Cittass’ eso upakkileso. Spk: A corruption of what mind? The mind of the four planes. Admittedly, it is so for the mind of the three (mundane) planes, but how is it a corruption of the supramundane mind? By obstructing its arising. For it is a corruption because it does not allow that mind to arise.
Although the title of the chapter has kilesa, which I render "defilement," the body of the text uses upakkilesa, which I render "corruption." MN I 36–37 enumerates sixteen "corruptions of mind," while SN46.33 applies this designation to the five hindrances. Desire and lust for the ear … for the nose … for the tongue … for the body … for the mind is a corruption of the mind. When a bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases, his mind inclines to renunciation. A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge." [n.274] Spk: His mind inclines to renunciation (nekkhammaninnaṁ c’ assa cittaṁ hoti): The mind of serenity and insight inclines to the nine supramundane states. Those things to be realized by direct knowledge (abhiññā sacchikaraṇiyesu dhammesu): the things pertaining to the six direct knowledges. Spk does not gloss the verb khāyati, lit. "appears."

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yo sotasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yo ghānasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yo jivhāya chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yo kāyasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yo manasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno imesu chasu ṭhānesu cetaso upakkileso pahīno hoti, nekkhammaninnañcassa cittaṁ hoti. Nekkhammaparibhāvitaṁ cittaṁ kammaniyaṁ khāyati, abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū"ti.

Paṭhamaṁ.