[712] One should not, on that account (tena), conceive oneself better, nor inferior, nor yet the equal [of another]; touched by manifold forms,¹ one should not persist in mental constructions about oneself.
[On Conceit (māna, self-estimation)]²
¹ Siam Raṭṭha footnote: "The Po. and Ma. (Burmese) editions read *nibutī ti*." (See Flag 4 below on the placement of this footnote marker.)
² Section heading supplied from the Thai Royal edition; it has no counterpart in the Pali text of this item.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.