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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 146–156
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Jarāvagga
11. Old Age
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Visākhāyasahāyikānaṁvatthu
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Ko nu hāso kimānando,
What is joy, what is laughter,
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niccaṁ pajjalite sati;
when the flames are ever burning?
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Andhakārena onaddhā,
Shrouded by darkness,
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padīpaṁ na gavesatha.
would you not seek a light?
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Passa cittakataṁ bimbaṁ,
See this fancy puppet,
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arukāyaṁ samussitaṁ;
a body built of sores,
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Āturaṁ bahusaṅkappaṁ,
diseased, obsessed over,
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yassa natthi dhuvaṁ ṭhiti.
in which nothing lasts at all.
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Parijiṇṇamidaṁ rūpaṁ,
This body is decrepit and frail,
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roganīḷaṁ pabhaṅguraṁ;
a nest of disease.
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Bhijjati pūtisandeho,
This foul carcass falls apart,
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maraṇantañhi jīvitaṁ.
for life ends in death.
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Sambahulaadhimānikabhikkhuvatthu
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Yānimāni apatthāni,
These dove-grey bones
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alābūneva sārade;
are tossed away like
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Kāpotakāni aṭṭhīni,
dried gourds in the autumn—
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tāni disvāna kā rati.
what joy is there in such a sight?
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Janapadakalyāṇīrūpanandātherīvatthu
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Aṭṭhīnaṁ nagaraṁ kataṁ,
In this city built of bones,
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maṁsalohitalepanaṁ;
plastered with flesh and blood,
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Yattha jarā ca maccu ca,
old age and death are stashed away,
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māno makkho ca ohito.
along with conceit and contempt.
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Jīranti ve rājarathā sucittā,
Fancy chariots of kings wear out,
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Atho sarīrampi jaraṁ upeti;
and even this body gets old.
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Satañca dhammo na jaraṁ upeti,
But the truth of the good never gets old—
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Santo have sabbhi pavedayanti.
so the good proclaim to the good.
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Appassutāyaṁ puriso,
A person of little learning
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balībaddhova jīrati;
ages like an ox—
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Maṁsāni tassa vaḍḍhanti,
their flesh grows,
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paññā tassa na vaḍḍhati.
but not their wisdom.
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Anekajātisaṁsāraṁ,
Transmigrating through countless rebirths,
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sandhāvissaṁ anibbisaṁ;
I’ve journeyed without reward,
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Gahakāraṁ gavesanto,
searching for the house-builder;
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dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ.
painful is birth again and again.
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Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi,
I’ve seen you, house-builder!
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puna gehaṁ na kāhasi;
You won’t build a house again!
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Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā,
Your rafters are all broken,
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gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ;
your roof-peak demolished.
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Visaṅkhāragataṁ cittaṁ,
The mind, set on demolition,
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taṇhānaṁ khayamajjhagā.
has reached the end of cravings.
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Mahādhanaseṭṭhiputtavatthu
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Acaritvā brahmacariyaṁ,
When young they spurned the spiritual path
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aladdhā yobbane dhanaṁ;
and failed to earn any wealth.
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Jiṇṇakoñcāva jhāyanti,
Now they brood like old cranes
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khīṇamaccheva pallale.
in a pond bereft of fish.
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Acaritvā brahmacariyaṁ,
When young they spurned the spiritual path
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aladdhā yobbane dhanaṁ;
and failed to earn any wealth.
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Senti cāpātikhīṇāva,
Now they lie like spent arrows,
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purāṇāni anutthunaṁ.
bemoaning over things past.
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