Sukhavagga ⧸ Gāthā 203
Jighacchāparamā rogā saṅkhāraparamā dukhā
Etaṃ ñatvā yathābhūtaṃ nibbāṇaparamaṃ sukhaṃ
Etaṃ ñatvā yathābhūtaṃ nibbāṇaparamaṃ sukhaṃ
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Happiness ⧸ Verse 203
Hunger the supreme disease,
Existence the supremest pain:
To know that this is really so
Is Nirvana, happiness supreme.
Existence the supremest pain:
To know that this is really so
Is Nirvana, happiness supreme.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).
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