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Dhammapada 1.2.2_14

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 1.2.2_14

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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.

Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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