[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) › 21.16 # 法苑珠林 21.16 法苑珠林 21.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.16) 耆年有宿德　髮白而面皺 秀眉齒缺落　背膢支節緩 檀越樂如是　不喜見幼小 > Those of venerable years have longstanding virtue: / their hair is white and their faces wrinkled, / their eyebrows luxuriant, their teeth fallen out, / their backs bent and joints slackened. / The dānapati delights in such as these, / and takes no joy in seeing the young and small. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.15) - [Next: 21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.17) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.21.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大莊嚴論經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.kalpanamanditika*zh-kumarajiva.1.53) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.16) · Pramāṇa