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Verses on Dhamma 152

GRETIL input by John Richards 152

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Pāli

152

Jīranti ve rāja-rathā sucittā atho sarīram pi jaraṃ upeti
Sataṃ ca dhammo na jaraṃ upeti santo ha've sabbhi pavedayanti.
151
Appa-ssut'āyaṃ puriso balivaddo va jīrati
Maṃsāni tassa vaḍḍhanti paññā tassa na vaḍḍhati.

A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.

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

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