Dhammapada 1.2.2_14
Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 1.2.2_14
- Language
- Pāli
1.2.2_14
‘‘Bālo kho tvaṃ asi māṇava,
Yo tvaṃ patthayase apatthiyaṃ;
Maññāmi tuvaṃ marissasi,
Na hi tvaṃ lacchasi candasūriye’’ti. (vi. va. 1211; pe. va. 190);
Youth, you are a simpleton to seek for what cannot be obtained.
I suppose you will die, for you will never obtain the moon and the sun.
Translations (1)
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Linked texts (1)
- Dhammapada — Pāli