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condition... (and so on)... by root condition, by object condition, by non-disappearance condition. The Three-Root. 38. It may be that dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon arises by root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, by contiguity condition... (and so on)... by root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, by non-disappearance condition. The Four-Root. (The Five-Root and so on are abbreviated. The One-Root, the Two-Root, the Three-Root, the Four-Root, the Five-Root, the All-Root should be expounded by one who is not confused.) The Root-Condition Root. The Object-Condition Root and so on. 39. It may be that dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon arises by object condition, by root condition... by object condition, by dominance condition... (and so on)... by object condition, by non-disappearance condition. It may be that dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon arises by dominance condition... by contiguity condition... by immediate contiguity condition... by co-nascence condition... by mutuality condition... (and so on)... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition... by non-disappearance condition, by object condition... by non-disappearance condition, by dominance condition... (and so on)... by non-disappearance condition, by disappearance condition. The Two-Root. 40. It may be that dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon arises by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by object condition... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by dominance condition... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by contiguity condition... (and so on)... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by disappearance condition. 41. It may be that dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon arises by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by object condition, by contiguity condition... (and so on)... by disappearance condition. (For each term, the One-Root, the Two-Root, the Three-Root, the Four-Root, the Five-Root, the All-Root should be expounded by one who is not confused.) (A) And the three-fold, the supreme two-fold, the excellent Paṭṭhāna, The two-fold and the three-fold, the three-fold and the two-fold; The three-fold and the three-fold, the two-fold and the two-fold, Six methods in the direct order are very profound. 2. The Negative Conditions. 42. Si Whereby, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, not by way of root condition. (Just as in the affirmative, the root condition was expounded, so too in the negative, the not-root condition should be expounded.) 43. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, not by way of object condition, not by way of dominance condition, not by way of contiguity condition, not by way of immediate contiguity condition, not by way of co-nascence condition, not by way of mutuality condition, not by way of support condition, not by way of strong dependence condition, not by way of pre-nascence condition, not by way of post-nascence condition, not by way of repetition condition, not by way of kamma condition, not by way of result condition, not by way of nutriment condition, not by way of faculty condition, not by way of jhana condition, not by way of path condition, not by way of association condition, not by way of dissociation condition, not by way of presence condition, not by way of absence condition, not by way of disappearance condition, not by way of non-disappearance condition. 44. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, not by way of root condition, not by way of object condition…. (Just as in the affirmative, for each single term, with one root, with two roots, with three roots, with four roots, up to twenty-three roots, so too in the negative should it be expounded.) (Kha) And the triad, the excellent Paṭṭhāna, the supreme dyad, The dyad and the triad, the triad and the dyad; The triad and the triad, the dyad and the dyad, Six methods in the negative are very profound. 3. Affirmative-Negative Conditions 45. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, by way of root condition, not by way of object condition… it might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, an unwholesome phenomenon might arise, by way of root condition, not by way of object condition. (Just as in the affirmative, the root condition was expounded, so too in the affirmative-negative, the term should be expounded.) 46. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, by way of root condition, not by way of dominance condition… by way of root condition, not by way of contiguity condition… (and so on)… by way of root condition, not by way of non-disappearance condition. 47. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, by way of root condition, by way of object condition, not by way of dominance condition… by way of root condition, by way of object condition, not by way of contiguity condition. ...etc.... by root condition, by object condition, not by non-disappearance condition. By root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, not by contiguity condition...etc.... by root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, not by non-disappearance condition. By root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, by contiguity condition, not by immediate contiguity condition...etc.... by root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, by contiguity condition, not by non-disappearance condition...etc.... By root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, by contiguity condition, by immediate contiguity condition, by co-nascence condition, by mutuality condition, by support condition, by strong support condition, by pre-nascence condition, by post-nascence condition, by repetition condition, by kamma condition, by result condition, by nutriment condition, by faculty condition, by jhana condition, by path condition, by association condition, by dissociation condition, by presence condition, by absence condition, by disappearance condition, not by non-disappearance condition. 48. It may be that a wholesome phenomenon arises dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, by object condition... by dominance condition... by contiguity condition...etc.... by non-disappearance condition, not by root condition... by non-disappearance condition, not by object condition...etc.... by non-disappearance condition, not by disappearance condition. By non-disappearance condition, by root condition, not by object condition...etc.... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, not by disappearance condition. By non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by object condition, not by dominance condition...etc.... by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by object condition, not by disappearance condition. By non-disappearance condition, by root condition, by object condition, by dominance condition, by contiguity condition, by immediate contiguity condition, by co-nascence condition...etc.... not by disappearance condition. (Verse) And the excellent Patthana of three, the supreme two, Two and three, and three and two; Three and three, and two and two; Six ways in the direct-reverse are very profound. 4. Reverse-Direct Conditions 49. It may be that a wholesome phenomenon arises dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, not by root condition, by object condition. It may be that a wholesome phenomenon arises dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, u might arise not by root condition, by dominance condition, etc., not by root condition, by non-disappearance condition. 50. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, not by root condition, not by object condition, by dominance condition, etc., by non-disappearance condition. Not by root condition, not by object condition, not by dominance condition, etc., by non-disappearance condition. Not by root condition, not by object condition, not by dominance condition, not by contiguity condition, not by proximity condition, etc., not by presence condition, not by absence condition, not by disappearance condition, by non-disappearance condition. 51. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, not by object condition, by root condition. 52. It might be, dependent on a wholesome phenomenon, a wholesome phenomenon might arise, not by object condition, by dominance condition, etc., not by object condition, by non-disappearance condition, etc., not by non-disappearance condition, by root condition, ... not by non-disappearance condition, by object condition, etc., not by non-disappearance condition, by disappearance condition. Not by non-disappearance condition, not by root condition, by object condition, etc., not by non-disappearance condition, not by root condition, by disappearance condition. Not by non-disappearance condition, not by root condition, not by object condition, not by dominance condition, etc., not by presence condition, not by absence condition, by disappearance condition. (Gha) And the triad, the excellent Paṭṭhāna, the supreme dyad, The dyad and the triad, the triad and the dyad; The triad and the triad, the dyad and the dyad, Six ways in the reverse-direct, are very profound. The Question Section. In the Exposition Section, twenty-three conditions.