རྒྱལ་པ་ལ་གདམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.9
Advice to a King (1) notes.9
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9. These first five lines reprise a common theme on impermanence found across many texts. For a similar set of oppositions, see, for example, The Exemplary Tales of Śrīsena (Toh 349), . Similar verses are also found in the Vinayavastu (The Chapter on Going Forth, Toh 1-1, , , ) and Udānavarga, and in the Pali Dīgha Nikāya. For references see Skilling 2021, p. 571, n. 922.