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Verses on Dhamma 141

GRETIL input by John Richards 141

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Pāli

141

Na nagga-cariyā na jaṭā na paṅkā
Nā'nāsakā thaṇḍila-sāyikā vā
Rajo-jallaṃ ukkuṭika-ppadhānaṃ
Sodhenti maccaṃ avitiṇṇa-kaṅkhaṃ.

Not nakedness, not platted hair, not dirt, not fasting, or lying on the earth, not rubbing with dust,
[138. 'Cruel suffering' is explained by sîsaroga, 'headache,' &c. 'Loss' is taken for loss of money. 'Injury of the body' is held to be the cutting off of the arm, and other limbs. 'Heavy afflictions' are, again, various kinds of diseases.

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

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