Verses on Dhamma 146: 11. Old Age
Dhammapada 146
- Language
- Pāli
146
Ko nu hāso kimānando,
niccaṃ pajjalite sati;
Andhakārena onaddhā,
padīpaṃ na gavesatha.
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?
Translations (9)
- The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1881, English
- Dhammavärsid — et
- Kinh Pháp Cú — vi
- Dhamma-Sprüche — German
- დჰამმაპადა (ჭეშმარიტების სწავლება) — Georgian
- Sayings of the Dhamma — English
- Verses of Dhamma — English
- The Buddha's "Way of Virtue" — W. D. C. Wagiswara & Kenneth J. Saunders 1912, English
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Commentaries (1)
- Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Other recensions (2)
Linked texts (6)
- Mahāvastu — Sanskrit
- 出曜經 — Classical Chinese
- Patna Dharmapada — Prakrit
- 法集要頌經 — Classical Chinese
- 法句經 — Classical Chinese
- Udānavarga — Dharmatrāta, Sanskrit