Dhammapada

Pupphavagga ⧸ Gāthā 48

Pupphāni heva pacinantaṃ byāsattamanasaṃ naraṃ
Atittaṃ yeva kāmesu antako kurute vasaṃ

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Flowers ⧸ Verse 48

A man who culleth flowers
With mind distraught
The Ender subjugates
While yet with lusts unsatisfied.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).

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