He gains many enemies, one who—shaven-headed, wearing an outer robe— gains food, drink, cloth, lodgings.
Knowing this drawback,
this great danger in honors,
a monk, gaining little,
not soggy,1
should go forth
mindfully.
Notes
1. On the meaning of “soggy,” see SN 35:202 and Ud 5:5.
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