Verses on Dhamma 5.10.69_5

5.10.69_5

‘‘Vāri pokkharapatteva, āraggeriva sāsapo;
Yo na limpati kāmesu, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇa’’nti. (dha. pa. 401);

401. Even as water does not cling to a lotus-leaf, nor a grain of mustard-seed to the point of an awl,
Whoso in like manner clings not to the pleasures of sense, him I call a Brahman.