[961] **"Wandering without abode (aniketasārī)"** — How is one a roamer attached to an abode (niketasārī)? Here someone is possessed of the impediment (palibodha) of family; he is possessed of the impediment of a group, of the impediment of a dwelling, of the impediment of robes, of the impediment of almsfood, of the impediment of lodging, of the impediment of medicinal requisites for the sick — thus is he a roamer attached to an abode.
How is one a wanderer without abode? Here a bhikkhu is not possessed of the impediment of family; he is not possessed of the impediment of a group, of a dwelling, of robes, almsfood, lodging, or of medicinal requisites for the sick — thus is he a wanderer without abode.
Gone to Magadha, gone to Kosala,
and some to the Vajjian land,
the Magadhans, wandering apart from the community,
the bhikkhus dwell without abode.
Good is the wandering, good the good conduct,
good always is the dwelling without abode;
asking about the goal is the work of the skillful —
this is the ascetic life (sāmañña) of one who has nothing.
The trainee (sekha), wandering without abode, should dispel [them]. Therefore the Blessed One said:
"What shall I eat? Or where shall I eat?
Painfully indeed did I lie; where today shall I lie?" —
these thoughts, which lead to lamentation,
the trainee should dispel, wandering without abode.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.