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# 經律異相 18.59

經律異相 18.59

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.59)

生旃陀羅姓　樂著於三月  
惡蟲食其體　為愛自在故  
生死無有實　猶如芭蕉林

> "Born into the caṇḍāla caste, / attached to pleasure for three months, / vile worms devour his body / because he loved free rein. / Birth and death have no reality, / like a forest of plantain trees."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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