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Dhammapada 1.6.7

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 1.6.7

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1.6.7

‘‘Subhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ, indriyesu asaṃvutaṃ;
Bhojanamhi cāmattaññuṃ, kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ;
Taṃ ve pasahati māro, vāto rukkhaṃva dubbalaṃ.

7. Whoever lives looking for pleasure, exercising no restraint over his senses,
Immoderate in his enjoyments, indolent, inert,
Him Māra overpowers, even as the wind overpowers a tree of little strength.

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

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