“Mendicants, there are these three searches. “Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā. What three? Katamā tisso? The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …” Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti

(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.) vitthāretabbaṁ.

Esanāvaggo navamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Searches, discriminations, defilements, Esanā vidhā āsavo, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso; barrenness, stains, and troubles, Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca, feelings, craving, and thirst. Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.