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# Verses on Dhamma 10.7.140

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 10.7.140

- **Language:** Pāli

### [10.7.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.7.140)

‘‘Atha vāssa agārāni, aggi ḍahati pāvako;  
Kāyassa bhedā duppañño, nirayaṃ sopapajjatī’’ti.

> 140. Or else the fire of lightning will consume his houses;  
> Upon dissolution of the body such a simpleton will go to Hell.  
> — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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## Translations (1)

- [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.10.7.p18) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

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