[834] **"When it is diminishing, one should not sorrow"** (hīyamāne na soceyya): when it is diminishing, waning, dwindling away, passing, vanishing, disappearing, one should not sorrow, should not be distressed, should not grasp (parāmaseyya), should not lament, should not beat one's breast and wail, should not fall into confusion. That is, when the eye is diminishing, waning, dwindling away, passing, vanishing, disappearing; when the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body, form, sound, smell, taste, tangible object, family, company, dwelling, gain, fame, praise, pleasure, robes, almsfood, lodging, or medicinal requisites for the sick are diminishing, waning, dwindling away, passing, vanishing, disappearing — one should not sorrow, should not be distressed, should not grasp, should not lament, should not beat one's breast and wail, should not fall into confusion. Hence: "When it is diminishing, one should not sorrow."
[Editorial footnote in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: 1. The Burmese and PTS editions read *ākāsaṃ*. 2. The Burmese edition reads *purāṇaṃ vuccati*. — These variants pertain to the preceding passage.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.