yenicchakaṃ yatthakāmaṃ yathāsukhaṃ,

tadajjahaṃ niggahissāmi yoniso

hatthiṃ pabhinnaṃ viya aṅkusaggāhoti.

Tassattho: idaṃ cittaṃ nāma ito pure rūpādīsu ārammaṇesu rāgādīnaṃ yenākārena icchati tassa vasena yenicchakaṃ yatthevassa kāmo uppajjati tassa vasena yatthakāmaṃ yathā vicarantassa sukhaṃ hoti tatheva vicaraṇato yathāsukhaṃ dīgharattaṃ cārikaṃ cari, taṃ ajja ahaṃ pabhinnaṃ mattaṃ hatthiṃ hatthācariyasaṅkhāto cheko aṅkusaggāho aṅkusena viya yoniso manasikārena niggaṇhissāmi nāssa vītikkamituṃ dassāmīti.