[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 1.42 # 法苑珠林 1.42 法苑珠林 1.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.42) 百旬芥易盡　三災理自傾 石火無恒焰　電光非久停 飢窘自相噉　刀兵競相征 疫病無醫効　空勞怨苦聲 親慼無相救　殘害有餘情 遺文虛滿笥　徒欣富貴盈 太息波川迅　悲斯苦業縈 生滅恒敦逼　煎迫未安寧 > Mustard seeds a hundred yojanas wide are easily exhausted; / By the principle of things the three calamities naturally bring collapse. / Flint-spark fire has no constant flame; / Lightning flashes do not linger long. / Pinched by famine, they devour one another; / Amid weapons of war, they vie in mutual slaughter. / Pestilence brings no cure from medicine; / In vain they labour with cries of anguish and distress. / Kin and kinsfolk cannot rescue one another; / Ravaging and slaughter leave lingering enmity. / Bequeathed writings vainly fill the baskets; / To no avail do they rejoice in overflowing wealth and rank. / How lamentable is the swiftness of the river's surge! / Grieve for the entanglements of this bitter karma! / Arising and ceasing constantly press and urge; / Tormented and afflicted, they have never attained peace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.41) - [Next: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.43) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.1.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.42) · Pramāṇa