Thursday, February 6, 2014

Dhammapada 47 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
3 - Vitatubha Vatthu

Pupphani heva pacinantam, byasattamanasam naram;
suttam gamam mahoghova, maccu adaya gacchati.
47: Like one who picks and chooses flowers, a man who has his mind attached to sensual pleasures is carried away by Death, just as a great flood sweeps away a sleeping village.
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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