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Pairs on Elements

1-19. Now, having collected by way of elements the very same wholesome and other mental states taught in the Mūla-yamaka, there is the commentary on the Dhātu-yamaka taught immediately after the Āyatana-yamaka. Therein, the determination of the canonical text should be understood in the very manner stated in the Āyatana-yamaka. Here too, indeed, the three major sections beginning with the section on description, and the remaining sub-sections together with the divisions of time and so on, are just as those that came in the Āyatana-yamaka. Here too, and for the purpose of ease of questioning by way of pairs, having first stated the internal and external material elements in order, the consciousness elements were stated. But because of the multiplicity of elements, here there are more pairs than in the Āyatana-yamaka; the questions are double the pairs, and the meanings are double the questions. Therein, the determination of meaning of the pairs obtainable in the pairs beginning with those rooted in the eye-element should be understood in the very manner stated in the Āyatana-yamaka. The course of meaning below is just similar to that, and for that very reason the canonical text too is abbreviated. The section on full understanding is just straightforward.

The Commentary on the Pairs of Elements is concluded.