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Dāsaka

Dāsakattheragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.17Verses of the Senior Monks 1.17
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.4DāsakattheragāthāDāsaka

1.1“Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,One who gets drowsy from overeating,1.2Niddāyitā samparivattasāyī;fond of sleep, rolling round the bed1.3Mahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho,like a great hog stuffed with grain:1.4Punappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando”ti.that dullard returns to the womb again and again.

1.5… Dāsako thero ….