Visuddhimagga XIV-162

Tesu lobho ārammaṇaggahaṇalakkhaṇo makkaṭālepo viya, abhisaṅgaraso tattakapāle khittamaṃsapesi viya. Apariccāgapaccupaṭṭhāno telañjanarāgo viya. Saṃyojaniyadhammesu assādadassanapadaṭṭhāno. Taṇhānadībhāvena vaḍḍhamāno sīghasotā nadī iva mahāsamuddaṃ apāyameva gahetvā gacchatīti daṭṭhabbo.

此中：「贪」──有把持所缘的特相，如捕猿的粘黐；有粘着的作用，如投于热锅的肉片；以不施舍为现状，如灯上的油垢；于诸结缚之法认为有乐味为近因。当知贪能增长爱河而趋向恶趣，犹如急流的河而向大海一样。

Ñ(XIV,162): Of these, greed has the characteristic of grasping an object, like birdlime (lit. 'monkey lime'). Its function is sticking, like meat put in a hot pan. It is manifested as not giving up, like the dye of lamp-black. Its proximate cause is seeing enjoyment in things that lead to bondage. Swelling with the current of craving, it should be regarded as taking [beings] with it to states of loss, as a swift-flowing river does to the great ocean.