5 - Balavagga, The Fool
1 - Annatarapurisa Vatthu
Digha jagarato ratti, digham santassa yojanam;60: Long is the night to one who is wakeful; long is (the journey of) one yojana to the traveller who is tired; long is samsara (round of rebirths) to the fool, who is ignorant of the true Dhamma (the Teaching of the Buddha).
digho balana samsaro, saddhammam avijanatam.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
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