[489] **"When what is absent is there no mine-making (mamatta)?"** means: when what is absent, non-existent, not to be found, do mine-makings not exist, not occur, not be found, not be obtained — being abandoned, cut off, stilled, tranquilized (paṭippassaddha), rendered incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge (ñāṇa)? Hence: "When what is absent is there no mine-making?"
¹ The Burmese edition (Ma.) reads: *hetuṃ pucchati* ("he asks about the cause").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.