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## Translation:
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**Verse 1000**
The ascetic, free from all attachments, is free from the beginning, pure in his begging, absorbed in meditation, and endowed with all virtues.
**Meaning:** Due to the absence of both kinds of attachments, the ascetic is free from delusion, free from sinful actions, pure in his begging, absorbed in meditation, and endowed with all virtues.
**Verse 1001**
Just as there is an ascetic by name, by establishment, and by material possessions, so too there are four types of deposits to be known.
**Meaning:** There are four types of deposits to be known: the ascetic by name, the ascetic by establishment, the ascetic by material possessions, and the ascetic by feeling.
**Verse 1002**
The ascetic of feeling is the true ascetic, for the other ascetics do not have a good path. Therefore, having abandoned the two types of attachments, become well-controlled in feeling.
**Meaning:** The ascetic of feeling is the true ascetic, because the other ascetics, such as those who are ascetics by name, do not have a good path. Therefore, having abandoned the two types of attachments, become well-controlled in feeling.
**Verse 1003**
Since the virtues of vows and conduct reside in the purity of begging, therefore, the ascetic should always practice begging with purity.
**Meaning:** Since the virtues of vows and conduct reside in the purity of begging, therefore, the ascetic should always practice begging with purity.