[712] "And what, student, is the field of work (kammaṭṭhāna) that has great requirements, great duties, great issues, and great undertakings, which, when it fails, is of little fruit? Farming, student, is the field of work that has great requirements, great duties, great issues, and great undertakings, which, when it fails, is of little fruit. And what, student, is the field of work that has great requirements, great duties, great issues, and great undertakings, which, when it succeeds, is of great fruit? Farming itself, student, is the field of work that has great requirements, great duties, great issues, and great undertakings, which, when it succeeds, is of great fruit. And what, student, is the field of work that has few requirements, few duties, few issues, and few undertakings, which, when it fails, is of little fruit? Trade, student, is the field of work that has few requirements, few duties, few issues, and few undertakings, which, when it fails, is of little fruit. And what, student, is the field of work that has few requirements, few duties, few issues, and few undertakings, which, when it succeeds, is of great fruit? Trade itself, student, is the field of work that has few requirements, few duties, few issues, and few undertakings, which, when it succeeds, is of great fruit."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.