[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) › 52.16 # 法苑珠林 52.16 法苑珠林 52.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.16) 所生枝不絕　但用食貪欲 養怨益丘塜　愚人當汲汲 雖獄有鉤鍱　慧人不謂牢 愚見妻子飾　深著愛其牢 慧說愛為獄　深固難得出 是故當斷棄　不親欲能安 > The branches produced do not cease, / purely driven by eating and greedy desires. / Nourishing enemies only adds to burial mounds; / the foolish toils restlessly. / Though prisons have fetters and chains, / the wise do not call them secure; / the foolish, seeing wife and child adorned, / cling deeply to them, loving their prison. / The wise say that craving is a prison, / deep and secure, difficult to escape. / Therefore one must sever and abandon it; / keeping desires at a distance brings peace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 52.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.15) - [Next: 52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.17) - [Up: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.52.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.16) · Pramāṇa