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
Whenever one is torpid and gluttonous,
as a sloth who rolls about, like a great hog fed on grains,
again and again will this ignorant one be reborn.
as a sloth who rolls about, like a great hog fed on grains,
again and again will this ignorant one be reborn.
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