[214] **He makes nothing dear, nor anything undear** (na piyaṃ kubbati nopi appiyaṃ): **Dear** — there are two kinds of dear things: beings or formations (saṅkhārā).
Which beings are dear? Here, those who wish for one's good, wish for one's welfare, wish for one's comfort, wish for one's security from bondage — whether mother or father, brother or sister, son or daughter, friends or companions, relatives or blood-relations — these beings are dear.
Which formations are dear? Agreeable forms, agreeable sounds, agreeable odours, agreeable tastes, agreeable tangible objects — these formations are dear.
**Undear** — there are two kinds of undear things: beings or formations.
Which beings are undear? Here, those who wish for one's harm, wish for one's detriment, wish for one's discomfort, wish for one's insecurity from bondage, who wish to deprive one of life — these beings are undear.
Which formations are undear? Disagreeable forms, disagreeable sounds, disagreeable odours, disagreeable tastes, disagreeable tangible objects — these formations are undear.
**He makes nothing dear, nor anything undear**: he does not make anything dear through the power of lust (rāga), thinking, "This being is dear to me, and these formations are agreeable to me"; he does not make anything undear through the power of repulsion (paṭigha), thinking, "This being is undear to me, and these formations are disagreeable to me"; he does not generate it, does not produce it, does not bring it into being, does not bring it forth. Therefore it is said: he makes nothing dear, nor anything undear.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.