[688] **Being repelled by separation from what is dear (piyavippayogaṃ vijigucchamāno):** what is dear is twofold: dear beings and dear formations (saṅkhāra).¹
Which beings are dear? Here, those who desire one's welfare, desire one's benefit, desire one's comfort, desire one's security from bondage — whether mother, or father, or brother, or sister, or son, or daughter, or friend, or companion, or kinsman, or blood relation: these beings are dear.
Which formations are dear? Agreeable forms, agreeable sounds, agreeable odours, agreeable tastes, agreeable tangibles: these formations are dear.
**Being repelled by separation from what is dear:** being repelled by, distressed by, and ashamed of² separation from what is dear — thus, "being repelled by separation from what is dear." One should wander alone, like the horn of the rhinoceros. Therefore that Paccekasambuddha said:
Amid companions there is play and delight,
and toward sons affection is abundant;
being repelled by separation from what is dear,
one should wander alone, like the horn of the rhinoceros.
¹ [Editorial note in the Siam Raṭṭha text: the Burmese edition lacks this reading (the repeated "piyā").]
² [Editorial note: the Burmese edition reads *piyānaṃ vippayogaṃ*.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.