Nagavagga ⧸ Gāthā 325
Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca niddāyitā samparivattasāyī
Mahāvarāho va nivāpapuṭṭho punappunaṃ gabbhamupeti mando
Mahāvarāho va nivāpapuṭṭho punappunaṃ gabbhamupeti mando
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The Elephant ⧸ Verse 325
When a man is sluggish and gluttonous, sleeping and rolling around in bed like a fat domestic pig, that sluggard undergoes rebirth again and again.
English translation © 1985 Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka. From The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita.
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