1v.239 "What is sovereignty in the world?
What ranks as the best of goods?
What in the world is a rusty sword?
What in the world is considered a plague?

2v.240 "Whom do they arrest when he takes away?
And who, when he takes away, is dear?
In whom do the wise take delight
When he returns again and again?"

3v.241 "Mastery is sovereignty in the world;
A woman ranks as the best of goods; [n.136] Spk: A woman is called the best of goods because a woman is an article that should not be given away (avissajjaniyabaṇḍatta;) or else she is so called because all bodhisattas and wheel-turning monarchs are conceived in a mother's womb. Spk-pṭ: Even the most precious jewel is not called "the best of goods" because it still falls into the category of things that might be given away; but a woman who has not abandoned the family customs should not be relinquished to anyone, and hence she is called the best of goods. Further, a woman is the best of goods because she is a mine for the best of gems, that is, because (her body) is the place for the birth of the human thoroughbreds (i.e., Buddhas and arahants).
In the world anger is a rusty sword;
Thieves in the world are considered a plague. [n.137] Abbuda ("plague") is glossed by Spk as vinasakaraṇa, a cause of destruction. The word also occurs in v. 591 as an extremely high number, in SN6.10 as the name of a hell, and at v. 803 as a stage in the development of the fetus.

4v.242 "They arrest a thief when he takes away,
But an ascetic who takes away is dear.
The wise take delight in an ascetic
When he returns again and again." sn.i.44

1"Kiṁsu issariyaṁ loke,
kiṁsu bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;
Kiṁsu satthamalaṁ loke,
kiṁsu lokasmimabbudaṁ.

2Kiṁsu harantaṁ vārenti,
haranto pana ko piyo;
Kiṁsu punappunāyantaṁ,
abhinandanti paṇḍitā"ti.

3"Vaso issariyaṁ loke,
itthī bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;
Kodho satthamalaṁ loke,
corā lokasmimabbudā.

4Coraṁ harantaṁ vārenti,
haranto samaṇo piyo;
Samaṇaṁ punappunāyantaṁ,
abhinandanti paṇḍitā"ti.