[950] **Then, surmounting the dear or the disliked, one would surely overcome them:** **Then (atha)** — this is a conjunction of words, a connection of words, a completion of a phrase, a combining of syllables, a euphony of consonants; this word "atha" is a matter of the sequence of words.
**Dear (piyā):** there are two kinds of dear things — beings and formations (saṅkhārā). Which beings are dear? Here, those who wish for a person's welfare, wish for his benefit, wish for his comfort, wish for his security from bondage (yogakkhema) — a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, a son, a daughter, friends, companions, relatives, or blood relations — these beings are dear. Which formations are dear? Agreeable forms, agreeable sounds, agreeable odors, agreeable tastes, agreeable tangibles — these formations are dear.
**Disliked (appiyā):** there are two kinds of disliked things — beings and formations. Which beings are disliked? Here, those who wish for a person's harm, wish for his detriment, wish for his discomfort, wish for his insecurity from bondage, who wish to deprive him of life — these beings are disliked. Which formations are disliked? Disagreeable forms, disagreeable sounds, odors, tastes, and tangibles — these formations are disliked.
**Surely (addhā):** this is a statement of certainty, a statement free from doubt, a statement free from perplexity, a statement not twofold, a statement not equivocal, a statement of definiteness, an incontrovertible statement, a statement of determination — this is "addhā."
**Then, surmounting the dear or the disliked, one would surely overcome them:** surmounting the dear and the disliked, the pleasant and the unpleasant, pleasure and pain, joy and grief, the desirable and the undesirable, one would conquer them; or conquering them, one would surmount them — thus: "Then, surmounting the dear or the disliked, one would surely overcome them." Therefore the Blessed One said:
One should not come under the sway of anger and disdain;
having dug up their very root, one should stand firm.
Then, surmounting the dear or the disliked,
one would surely overcome them.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.