Dhammapada 16.2.p3
Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 16.2.p3
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- Pāli
16.2.p3
‘‘Uragova tacaṃ jiṇṇaṃ, hitvā gacchati saṃ tanuṃ;
Evaṃ sarīre nibbhoge, pete kālakate sati.
Even as a snake casts off his old skin, so a man casts off his own body and goes to the other world;
Even so fares his body, deprived of the capacity of enjoyment, when he is dead and gone.
Translations (1)
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Linked texts (1)
- Dhammapada — Pāli