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# Verses on Dhamma 11.2.147

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 11.2.147

- **Language:** Pāli

### [11.2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.11.2.147)

‘‘Passa cittakataṃ bimbaṃ, arukāyaṃ samussitaṃ;  
Āturaṃ bahusaṅkappaṃ, yassa natthi dhuvaṃ ṭhitī’’ti.

> 147. See this painted image, this mass of sores, huddled together,  
> Corrupt, once possessed of many thoughts, but now possessing neither strength  
> nor stability.  
> — 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.11.2.p15) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.147) — Pāli

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