[1763] "Bhikkhus, just so, few are those beings who are beneficial to ascetics (sāmaññā) … Rather, far more numerous are those beings who are not beneficial to ascetics (asāmaññā) …"
¹ Variant reading noted in the apparatus: "Ma. Yu.: *milakkhesu*." [The sigla "Ma." and "Yu." are conventionally taken as the Burmese and European editions respectively; this expansion is editorial interpretation, not stated in the source. See FLAGS on the attachment point of this variant.]
[End of the eighth sutta. — closing marker present in the Thai Royal control; not in the Pali as supplied.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.