Dighanikaya 1.63_2

1.63_2

Taṃ mamassa upādānaṃ, so mamassa vighātoti taṃ chandarāgadvayaṃ mama upādānaṃ assa, dosapaṭighadvayaṃ vighāto. Ubhayampi vā daḷhaggahaṇavasena upādānaṃ, vihananavasena vighāto. Rāgo hi amuñcitukāmatāya ārammaṇaṃ gaṇhāti jalūkā viya. Doso vināsetukāmatāya āsīviso viya. Ubhopi cete santāpakaṭṭhena vihananti yevāti ‘‘upādāna’’nti ca ‘‘vighāto’’ti ca vuttā. Sesaṃ paṭhamavārasadisameva.

"That would be clinging for me; that would be distress for me": that pair of desire and lust would be clinging for me; the pair of ill will and resentment would be distress. Or, both are clinging by way of firm grasping, and distress by way of torment. For lust seizes an object through the wish not to release it, like a leech. Ill will [seizes an object] through the wish to destroy it, like a venomous snake. And both of these simply torment through their burning nature; hence they are called "clinging" and "distress." The rest is just like the first turn.