[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 10.138 # 虛堂和尚語錄 10.138 虛堂和尚語錄 10.138 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.138) 冤有頭，債有主，天然欲訪龐翁，恰好撞著此女，揣盡家私，瓜甜蔕苦，因茲上下不和同，牛嬭郎忙塗赤土。 > Every enmity has its head, every debt has its debtor; / Tianran wished to call upon Old Pang, but happened to bump into this maiden. / Divining all the family's assets: the melon is sweet, but its stem is bitter. / Because of this, high and low are not in harmony; / The milk-boy hurriedly smears red earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.137) - [Next: 10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.139) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.10.138) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.138) · Pramāṇa