Not given — continuing directly from SN 56.94's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
A single elided line naming four distinct dishonest practices, the fingernail demonstration assumed
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★ — the fifth and final individually-numbered discourse in this vagga before its own remaining six items merge into a single bilara-data file
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse compares sentient beings who refrain from bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity to the rare pinch of dirt, and those who don't refrain to the vast earth — closing this vagga's own run of five individually-numbered discourses before its own remaining six items (SN 56.96-101, confirmed by direct listing of bilara-data's own directory) merge into a single file.
Reading guide
Four named forms of corruption, one discourse
This project's own reading: unlike SN 56.91-94, each naming a single restraint, this discourse names four distinct dishonest practices together — bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity — a broader, more compressed closing statement before the individual-discourse format gives way entirely to the merged file that follows.
The individual format's own final appearance
This project's own direct check of bilara-data's own directory confirms this is the last individually-numbered discourse in this saṃyutta's own remaining content — every discourse from SN 56.96 onward is either part of this vagga's own closing merged file or belongs to Vagga 11, which this project's own reading ahead confirms is composed entirely of further merged peyyāla ranges.
Key terms
appakā te sattā ye ukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogā paṭiviratā — “the sentient beings who refrain from bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity are few” — the rare category, matching the tiny pinch of dirt
ukkoṭana — “bribery, corruption” — the first of four named practices, giving this discourse its own title
vañcana — “fraud, deception” — the second named practice
nikati — “cheating, trickery” — the third named practice
sāciyoga — “duplicity, crookedness” — the fourth and final named practice
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, which itself preserves the elision back to SN 56.61's own full statement. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“… the sentient beings who refrain from bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”
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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 four named practices does this discourse identify together?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — four distinct named forms of dishonesty, compressed into one discourse.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own direct check of bilara-data's own directory confirm about this discourse's own position?
Correct: A. This project's own confirmed transition point, verified by direct listing rather than assumed.
Question 3 of 3
What position does this discourse occupy in this vagga's own sequence?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the sequence's own order, following SN 56.94.
