Dhammapada

Sukhavagga ⧸ Gāthā 203

Jighacchāparamā rogā saṅkhāraparamā dukhā
Etaṃ ñatvā yathābhūtaṃ nibbāṇaparamaṃ sukhaṃ

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Happiness ⧸ Verse 203

Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirvana, the highest happiness.
English translation by Max Müller, from The Sacred Books of the East (1881).

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