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# Verses on Dhamma 6.7.p4

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 6.7.p4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [6.7.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.7.p4)

‘‘Yattheko labhate babbu, dutiyo tattha jāyati;  
Tatiyo ca catuttho ca, idaṃ te babbukā bila’’nti. (jā. 1.1.137) –

> Where one cat is found, there a second appears,  
> And a third, and a fourth; this is the hole those cats sought.  
> — 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.6.7.p11) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.82) — Pāli

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