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# Verses on Dhamma 5.15.p20

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 5.15.p20

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.15.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.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?  
> — 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.5.15.p41) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.75) — Pāli

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