Verses on Dhamma 5.15.p20

5.15.p20

‘‘Catūsu samuddesu jalaṃ parittakaṃ,
Tato bahuṃ assujalaṃ anappakaṃ;
Dukkhena phuṭṭhassa narassa socanā,
Kiṃkāraṇā samma tuvaṃ pamajjasī’’ti.

But little water do the oceans four contain,
Compared with all the tears that man hath shed,
By sorrow stricken and by suffering distraught;
Wherefore, O friend, still heedless dost remain?