Tanhavagga ⧸ Gāthā 342
Tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā parisappanti saso va bādhito
Saṃyojanasaṅgasattā dukkhamupenti punappunaṃ cirāya
Saṃyojanasaṅgasattā dukkhamupenti punappunaṃ cirāya
Click any Pāli word for an inline definition.
Thirst ⧸ Verse 342
Beset by craving, people run about like an entrapped hare. Held fast by mental fetters, they come to suffering again and again for a long time.
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.
This project is open source and available on GitHub.