Bhikkhuvagga ⧸ Gāthā 371
Jhāya bhikkhu mā ca pāmado
Mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṃ
Mā lohaguḷaṃ gilī pamatto
Mā kandi dukkhamidanti ḍayhamāno
Mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṃ
Mā lohaguḷaṃ gilī pamatto
Mā kandi dukkhamidanti ḍayhamāno
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The Mendicant ⧸ Verse 371
Be rapt, O monk, and be not careless,
Let not thine heart in the sense-pleasures whirl,
Lest, careless, thou the iron ball shouldst gorge,
And burning cry: "Tis pain I"
Let not thine heart in the sense-pleasures whirl,
Lest, careless, thou the iron ball shouldst gorge,
And burning cry: "Tis pain I"
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).
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