Not given — a bare cross-reference instruction, carrying no worked example of its own
Speakers
The Buddha (implied)
Form
A single cross-reference instruction, plus a closing uddāna; no worked example of its own
Length
<1 minute to read, per the source's own actual content
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★☆☆ — genuinely differs from this project's own immediately preceding encounter with this same vagga at SN 49.23-34
Why this discourse
This file carries no worked example of its own, matching SN 48.93-104's own exact bare wording — but this genuinely differs from this project's own immediately preceding encounter with the identical vagga at SN 49.23-34, which kept its own full “grounded on ethics” simile before cross-referencing. Confirmed by direct comparison, not assumed uniform across saṃyuttas.
Reading guide
A bare cross-reference, unlike its own immediate predecessor
Confirmed by direct reading, this file gives only the instruction “tell in full as in the chapter on hard work at SN 45.149–160” and the closing uddāna — genuinely different from this project's own SN 49.23-34, which kept the full “hard work depends on the earth, grounded on ethics” simile before its own cross-reference.
Matching SN 48.93-104's own exact wording
Confirmed by direct comparison, this file's own root Pāli instruction (“Balakaraṇīyavaggo vitthāretabbo”) is character-for-character identical to SN 48.93-104's own, rather than SN 49.23-34's own fuller treatment — this project's own observation that the same vagga can be compressed differently across different saṃyuttas, confirmed rather than assumed uniform.
Twelve similes, confirmed by this file's own uddāna alone
As general canonical background, already confirmed at this project's own earlier treatment of SN 45.149-160: the twelve similes are hard work, seeds, a dragon, a tree, a pot, a spike, the atmosphere, two on clouds, a ship, a guest house, and a river, here applied to the developed five powers.
Key terms
Balakaraṇīyavaggo vitthāretabbo — “the Hard Work chapter is to be elaborated in full” — identical in wording to SN 48.93-104's own, unlike SN 49.23-34's own fuller treatment
balakaraṇīya — “requiring strength/hard work” — this vagga's own governing theme, met with differing compression across saṃyuttas
balaṁ bījañca nāgo ca — “hard work, seeds, and dragons” — the closing uddāna's own opening line, naming the first three of this vagga's own twelve similes
rukkho kumbhena sūkiyā; ākāsena ca dve meghā, nāvā āgantukā nadī — “a tree, a pot, and a spike, the atmosphere, and two on clouds, a ship, a guest house, and a river” — the uddāna's remaining similes
Balakaraṇīyavaggo tatiyo — “the Hard Work chapter, the third” — confirming this vagga's own position as the third in this saṃyutta
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source: the bare cross-reference instruction, and the closing uddāna. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in the chapter on hard work at SN 45.149–160.)
UddānaHard work, seeds, and dragons, a tree, a pot, and a spike, the atmosphere, and two on clouds, a ship, a guest house, and a river.
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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
How does this file's own content compare to this project's own immediately preceding encounter with Balakaraṇīyavagga at SN 49.23-34?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison — the same vagga compressed differently across two consecutive saṃyuttas.
Question 2 of 3
What does this file's own instruction match exactly?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison, not assumed from the vagga name alone.
Question 3 of 3
What does the closing uddāna confirm about this vagga's own similes?
Correct: A. Already confirmed at this project's own earlier work on SN 45.149-160.
