Verses on Dhamma 187

187

Api dibbesu kāmesu,
ratiṃ so nādhigacchati;
Taṇhakkhayarato hoti,
sammāsambuddhasāvako.

There is a curious similarity between this verse and verse 6503 (9919) of the Sântiparva:
Yak ka kâmasukham loke, yak ka divyam mahat sukham,
Trishnâkshayasukhasyaite nârhatah shodasim kalâm.
'And whatever delight of love there is on earth, and whatever is the great delight in heaven, they are not worth the sixteenth part of the pleasure which springs from the destruction of all desires.' The two verses 186, 187 are ascribed to king Mandhâtri shortly before his death (Mél. Asiat. VIII, p. 471; see also Gâtaka, vol. ii. p. 113).]