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 one is torpid and gluttonous,
Sleepy, rolling about as he lieth,
Like a great corn-fed hog,
Unto a womb that stupid one Is born again and again.
Sleepy, rolling about as he lieth,
Like a great corn-fed hog,
Unto a womb that stupid one Is born again and again.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).
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