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PTS edition (von Hinüber & Norman 1994) 146

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146

Daṇḍavaggo dasamo
11. Jarāvagga
ko nu hāso kim ānando niccaṃ pajjalite sati, /
andhakārena onaddhā padīpaṃ na gavessatha. //

How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always burning? Why do you not seek a light, ye who are surrounded by darkness?

Friedrich Max Müller 1881, The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1)

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