Visuddhimagga XV-41

Visesato panettha bheritalaṃ viya cakkhudhātu daṭṭhabbā, daṇḍo viya rūpadhātu, saddo viya cakkhuviññāṇadhātu.

次就十八界各别而说：当视眼界如鼓面，色界如鼓槌，眼识界如鼓声；

Ñ(XV,41): Individually, however, the eye element should be regarded as the surface of a drum, the visible-data element as the drumstick, and the eye-consciousness element as the sound.

Tathā ādāsatalaṃ viya cakkhudhātu, mukhaṃ viya rūpadhātu, mukhanimittaṃ viya cakkhuviññāṇadhātu.

又眼界如镜，色界如面，眼识界如映于镜中的面相；

Ñ: Likewise, the eye element should be regarded as the surface of a looking-glass, the visible-data element as the face, and the eye-consciousness element as the image of the face.

Atha vā ucchutilā viya cakkhudhātu, yantacakkayaṭṭhi viya rūpadhātu, ucchurasatelāni viya cakkhuviññāṇadhātu.

或者眼界如甘蔗与胡麻，色界如榨机的轮轴，眼识界如甘蔗汁及麻油；

Ñ: Or else, the eye-element should be regarded as sugarcane or sesamum, the visible-data element as the [sugarcane] mill or the [sesamum] wheel rod, and the eye-consciousness element as the sugarcane juice or the sesamum oil.

Tathā adharāraṇī viya cakkhudhātu, uttarāraṇī viya rūpadhātu, aggi viya cakkhuviññāṇadhātu.

或视为眼界如下面的木燧，色界如上面的木燧，眼识界如所起的火。

Ñ: Likewise, the eye-element should be regarded as the lower fire-stick, the visible-data element as the upper fire-stick, and the eye-consciousness element as the fire.

Esa nayo sotadhātuādīsu.

对于耳界等亦应视为同样。

Ñ: So too in the case of the ear and so on.