In SN 44.9, what thing is sustained by craving?

The sutta DN 22 offers an extended description of craving, as follows: > "And where does this craving, when arising, arise? And where, when > dwelling, does it dwell? Whatever seems endearing and agreeable in > terms of the world: that is where this craving, when arising, arises. > That is where, when dwelling, it dwells. "And what seems endearing and agreeable in terms of the world? > > The eye seems endearing and agreeable in terms of the world. That is where > this craving, when arising, arises. That is where, when dwelling, it > dwells. > > "The ear... The nose... The tongue... The body... The intellect... > > "Forms... Sounds... Smells... Tastes... Tactile sensations... Ideas... > > "Eye-consciousness... Ear-consciousness... Nose-consciousness... > Tongue-consciousness... Body-consciousness... > Intellect-consciousness... > > "Eye-contact... Ear-contact... Nose-contact... Tongue-contact... > Body-contact... Intellect-contact... > > "Feeling born of eye-contact... Feeling born of ear-contact... Feeling > born of nose-contact... Feeling born of tongue-contact... Feeling born > of body-contact... Feeling born of intellect-contact... > > "Perception of forms... Perception of sounds... Perception of > smells... Perception of tastes... Perception of tactile sensations... > Perception of ideas... > > "Intention for forms... Intention for sounds... Intention for > smells... Intention for tastes... Intention for tactile sensations... > Intention for ideas... > > "Craving for forms... Craving for sounds... Craving for smells... > Craving for tastes... Craving for tactile sensations... Craving for > ideas... > > "Thought directed at forms... Thought directed at sounds... Thought > directed at smells... Thought directed at tastes... Thought directed > at tactile sensations... Thought directed at ideas... > > "Evaluation of forms... Evaluation of sounds... Evaluation of > smells... Evaluation of tastes... Evaluation of tactile sensations... > Evaluation of ideas seems endearing and agreeable in terms of the > world. > > That is where this craving, when arising, arises. That is where, when > dwelling, it dwells. > > DN 22 In SN 44.9, there is a discussion with the chronically confused & bewildered wanderer Vaccagotta (more nuancedly translated by Thanissaro and Bhikkhu Bodhi below) as follows: > “Yasmiñca pana, bho gotama, samaye imañca kāyaṁ nikkhipati, satto ca aññataraṁ kāyaṁ anupapanno hoti, imassa pana bhavaṁ gotamo kiṁ upādānasmiṁ paññāpetī”ti? > > “Yasmiṁ kho, vaccha, samaye imañca kāyaṁ nikkhipati, satto ca aññataraṁ kāyaṁ anupapanno hoti, tamahaṁ taṇhūpādānaṁ vadāmi. Taṇhā hissa, vaccha, tasmiṁ samaye upādānaṁ hotī”ti. > > "And at the moment when a being sets this body aside and is not yet > reborn in another body, what do you designate as its sustenance then?" > > "Vaccha, when a being sets this body aside and is not yet reborn in another body, I designate it as craving-sustained, for craving is its sustenance at that time." > > [Thanissaro](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.009.than.html) > > > Bhikkhu Bodhi In SN 44.9, what thing/phenomena exactly is sustained by craving?