Dighanikaya 2.186-188_2

2.186-188_2

Appaṃ vāti parittakaṃ vā antamaso taṇḍulanāḷimattakampi. Bhogakkhandhanti bhogarāsiṃ. Mahantaṃ vāti vipulaṃ vā. Yathā hi mahantaṃ pahāya pabbajituṃ dukkaraṃ, evaṃ appampīti dassanatthaṃ ubhayamāha. Dāsavāre pana yasmā dāso attanopi anissaro, pageva bhogānaṃ. Yañhi tassa dhanaṃ, taṃ sāmikānaññeva hoti, tasmā bhogaggahaṇaṃ na kataṃ. Ñātiyeva ñātiparivaṭṭo.

‘Small’ means a tiny amount, even down to a mere measure of uncooked rice. ‘A mass of wealth’ means a heap of wealth. ‘Or large’ means extensive. For he stated both in order to show: just as it is hard to abandon a large [mass of wealth] and go forth, so it is even with a small one. But in the section on the slave, because a slave is not his own master, how much less of wealth? For whatever wealth he has belongs only to his masters; therefore, the mention of wealth was not made. ‘Circle of relatives’ means simply relatives.