208. What is wrongful envy? Concerning this, a householder or his son is wealthy in grain, silver or gold. Then a servant or underling thinks: ‘If only that wealth didn’t belong to them.’ Or suppose a monk or brahman gets a good supply of robes, food, lodging or medicine for sickness, and another monk or brahman thinks: ‘If only he didn’t get a good supply of those things.’ This is called wrongful envy and is not abandoned by acts of body or speech, but by seeing it with wisdom.
A.V,40 (AN 10.23)
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