[863] *He indeed does not suffer loss in the world* (sa ve loke na jiyyati): for whomever there is anything pertaining to form (rūpa), pertaining to feeling (vedanā), pertaining to perception (saññā), pertaining to volitional formations (saṅkhārā), or pertaining to consciousness (viññāṇa) that is grasped, clung to, adhered to, cleaved to, or resolved upon thus: "This is mine," or "This belongs to others" — for him there is loss (jāni). For this too has been said:
"You have lost your chariot, horses, jewels and earrings,
and likewise you have lost your sons and wives;
with all your riches unenjoyed,
why are you not tormented in the time of sorrow?
"Riches abandon a mortal first,
or the mortal abandons them earlier still;
those who desire sensual pleasures, though owners of riches, have nothing of their own —
therefore I do not sorrow in the time of sorrow.
"The moon rises, waxes full, and wanes;
the sun, having gone to its setting, departs;
the eight worldly conditions (lokadhammā) are known to me —
therefore I do not sorrow in the time of sorrow."
For whomever there is nothing pertaining to form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, or consciousness grasped, clung to, adhered to, cleaved to, or resolved upon thus: "This is mine," or "This belongs to others" — for him there is no loss. For this too has been said: "Do you rejoice, ascetic?" "Having gained what, friend?" "Then, ascetic, do you sorrow?" "What has been lost, friend?" "Then, ascetic, you neither rejoice nor sorrow?" "So it is, friend."
"After a long time indeed we see
a brahmin fully quenched (parinibbuta),
a bhikkhu without delight, without distress,
who has crossed over attachment (visattikā) in the world."
He indeed does not suffer loss in the world. Therefore the Blessed One said:
"For whom there is no cherishing as 'mine' (mamāyita)
in name-and-form (nāmarūpa) in any way,
and who does not sorrow over what is not —
he indeed does not suffer loss in the world."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.