Having applied himself to what was not his own task, and not having applied himself to what was, having disregarded the goal to grasp at what he held dear, he now envies those who kept after themselves, took themselves to task.

Don't ever — regardless — be conjoined with what's dear or undear. It's painful not to see what's dear or to see what's not. So don't make anything dear, for it's dreadful to be far from what's dear. No bonds are found for those for whom there's neither dear nor undear.

One consummate in virtue & vision, judicious, speaking the truth, doing his own task: the world holds him dear.

If you've given birth to a wish for what can't be expressed, are suffused with heart, your mind not enmeshed in sensual passions: you're said to be in the up-flowing stream.