[783] **With mind unattached in family after family (kule kule appaṭibaddhacitto):** One becomes attached in mind for two reasons: placing oneself low and placing another high, one becomes attached in mind; or placing oneself high and placing another low, one becomes attached in mind.
How, placing oneself low and placing another high, does one become attached in mind? [He says:] "You are of great help to me. Relying on you, I obtain robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick. Whatever others think to give to me or to do for me, it is in reliance on you, out of regard for you. Even my former name and clan, derived from my mother and father — that has vanished for me. Through you I am known: 'the frequenter of families (kulupaka) of such-and-such a man, the frequenter of families of such-and-such a woman.'" Thus, placing oneself low and placing another high, one becomes attached in mind.
How, placing oneself high and placing another low, does one become attached in mind? [He says:] "I am of great help to you. Relying on me, you have gone for refuge to the Buddha, gone for refuge to the Dhamma, gone for refuge to the Saṅgha; you abstain from the destruction of life, abstain from taking what is not given, abstain from misconduct in sensual pleasures, abstain from false speech, abstain from intoxicants of liquor and spirits causing heedlessness. I give you the recitation (uddesa), I give you the interrogation (paripucchā), I declare the Uposatha, I take charge of new building work (navakamma). And yet you, having abandoned me, honor, respect, esteem, and venerate another." Thus, placing oneself high and placing another low, one becomes attached in mind.
**With mind unattached in family after family:** That Paccekasambuddha is unattached in mind through the impediment (palibodha) of families; he is unattached in mind through the impediment of a group; he is unattached in mind through the impediment of a dwelling; he is unattached in mind through the impediment of robes; he is unattached in mind through the impediment of almsfood; he is unattached in mind through the impediment of lodging; he is unattached in mind through the impediment of medicinal requisites for the sick — thus, "with mind unattached in family after family." **One should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn.** Therefore that Paccekasambuddha said:
Not creating greed for tastes, not covetous,
nourishing no other, walking on unbroken almsround,
with mind unattached in family after family,
one should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.