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| пали | Ayañhi arūpadhammopi samāno ārammaṇe phusanākāreneva pavattati. |
| Nyanamoli thera | [As to its characteristic], although this is an immaterial state, it occurs with respect to an object as the act of touching too.60 |
“‘As the act of touching too’: by this he shows that this is its individual essence even though it is immaterial.
And the characteristic of touching is obvious in its occurrence in such instances as, say, the watering of the mouth in one who sees another tasting vinegar or a ripe mango, the bodily shuddering in a sympathetic person who sees another being hurt, the trembling of the knees in a timid man standing on the ground when he sees a man precariously balanced on a high tree branch, the loss of power of the legs in one who sees something terrifying such as a pisāca (goblin)”