Sāvatthī (by inference from the vagga's own cross-reference)
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly (by inference)
Form
Twelve discourses compressed into a single bilara-data file carrying NO body text of its own — only an elision marker, a colophon, and a closing uddāna
Length
A few seconds to read; no independently translatable content beyond the cross-reference itself
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the barest possible peyyāla stub, entirely dependent on cross-referenced content
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this vagga exactly matches the working pattern established by Vaggas 14 and 15: no independent worked example, only an instruction to “tell in full as in SN 45.149–160, removal of greed version” — the second pass through this saṃyutta's own five-vagga peyyāla cycle, this time applied to the twelve hard-work similes already met at SN 46.99-110.
Reading guide
No body text at all -- the established pattern holds
Every content key in this file's own English translation is blank; the Pāli root gives only “…pe…” before its own colophon and uddāna, confirmed identical in wording to Vagga 11's own closing uddāna (the same twelve similes: strength, seed, elephant, tree, pot, needle-maker, sky, two clouds, boat, and visiting river).
The second full cycle continues as predicted
This confirms the working hypothesis recorded at Vagga 15: SN 46's own peyyāla vaggas cycle through the same five underlying vaggas exactly twice. Having now confirmed Ganges (Vagga 14) and Diligence (Vagga 15) under the removal-of-greed formula, this vagga confirms Hard Work as the third of the five — leaving Searches and Floods still to be checked individually.
Key terms
…pe… — the bilara-data elision marker, here standing in for the ENTIRE body of this vagga — no other content key carries any text at all in this file
rāgavasena vitthāretabbo — “to be elaborated in full by way of greed” — the Pāli root's own instruction, matching the English source's own “removal of greed version” label
balakaraṇīyavaggo — “the Hard-Work chapter” — confirming this vagga reuses the identical twelve similes already treated at SN 46.99-110, this project's own earlier Hard-Work vagga
soḷasamo — “the sixteenth” — confirming this vagga's own position within this saṃyutta's own count
balaṁ bījañca nāgo ca, rukkho kumbhena sūkiyā — “strength, and seed, and elephant, tree, with pot, needle” — the closing uddāna's own opening line, worded identically to Vagga 11's own closing uddāna
The text
This vagga's own file carries no independently translatable body text; the fragment below is the source's own complete cross-reference instruction, honestly presented as such rather than padded with invented content. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in SN 45.149–160, removal of greed version.)
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
What does this vagga's own cross-reference instruct?
Correct: A. A direct cross-reference, carrying no body text of its own, exactly like Vaggas 14 and 15.
Question 2 of 3
What does this vagga confirm about the working hypothesis recorded at Vagga 15?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading, matching the predicted pattern without needing to assume it.
Question 3 of 3
How does this vagga's own closing uddāna compare to Vagga 11's own (SN 46.99-110)?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison of both vaggas' own closing verses.
