@4 saṃ.ni. 16/1/1, abhi.vi. 35/225/161
Kathaṃ? kabaḷiṅkārāhāro tāva mukhe ṭhapitamatteyeva aṭṭha rūpāni samuṭṭhāpeti, dantavicuṇṇitaṃ pana ajjhohariyamānaṃ ekekaṃ sitthaṃ aṭṭhaṭṭharūpāni samuṭṭhāpetiyeva. Evaṃ kabaḷiṅkārāhāro ojaṭṭhamakarūpāni āharati. Phassāhāre pana sukhavedanīyo phasso uppajjamānoyeva sukhavedanaṃ āharati, dukkhavedanīyo dukkhaṃ, adukkhamasukhavedanīyo adukkhamasukhanti evaṃ sabbathāpi phassāhāro tisso vedanā āharati.
Manosañcetanāhāro kāmabhavūpagaṃ kammaṃ kāmabhavaṃ āharati, rūpārūpabhavūpagāni taṃ taṃ bhavaṃ. Evaṃ sabbathāpi manosañcetanāhāro tayo bhave āharati. Viññāṇāhāro pana ye ca paṭisandhikkhaṇe taṃ sampayuttakā tayo khandhā, yāni ca tisantativasena tiṃsa rūpāni uppajjanti, sahajātādipaccayanayena tāni āharatīti vuccati. Evaṃ viññāṇāhāro paṭisandhināmarūpaṃ āharatīti. Ettha ca "manosañcetanā tayo bhave āharatī"ti sāsavā kusalākusalacetanā vuttā. "viññāṇaṃ paṭisandhināmarūpaṃ āharatī"ti paṭisandhiviññāṇameva vuttaṃ. Avisesena pana taṃtaṃsampayuttānaṃ taṃtaṃsamuṭṭhānānaṃ dhammānaṃ āharaṇatopete "āhārā"ti veditabbā.
Etesu catūsu āhāresu kabaḷiṅkārāhāro upatthambhento āhārakiccaṃ sādheti, phasso phusantoyeva, manosañcetanā āyūhamānāva, viññāṇaṃ vijānantameva. Kathaṃ? kabaḷiṅkārāhāro hi upatthambhentoyeva kāyaṭṭhapanena sattānaṃ ṭhitiyā Hoti. Kammajanitopi hi ayaṃ kāyo kabaḷiṅkārāhārena upatthaddho dasapi vassāni vassasatampi yāva āyuparimāṇā tiṭṭhati. Yathā kiṃ? yathā mātuyā janitopi dārako dhātiyā thaññādīni pāyetvā posiyamāno ciraṃ tiṭṭhati, yathā ca upatthambhena upatthambhitaṃ gehaṃ. Vuttampi cetaṃ:-