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Dhammapada 260

Dhammapada 260

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Pāli

260

Na tena thero so hoti,
yenassa palitaṃ siro;
Paripakko vayo tassa,
“moghajiṇṇo”ti vuccati.

A man is not an elder because his head is grey; his age may be ripe, but he is called 'Old-in-vain.'

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

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