Dhammapada 4.4.48
Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 4.4.48
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- Pāli
4.4.48
‘‘Pupphāni heva pacinantaṃ, byāsattamanasaṃ naraṃ;
Atittaṃyeva kāmesu, antako kurute vasa’’nti.
48. Even while a man is gathering flowers, while his heart is absorbed in pleasure,
Even before he has satisfied his desires, death overpowers him.
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- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
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- Dhammapada — Pāli