Uttarajjhayana 197.1.31_2

197.1.31_2

chuhā taṇhā ya sīuṇhaṃ | daṃsamasagaveyaṇā /
akkosā dukkhasejjā ya | taṇaphāsā jallam eva ya ||31||

"Hunger and thirst, heat and cold, molestation by flies and gnats, insults, miserable lodgings, pricking grass, and uncleanliness, blows and threats, corporal punishment and imprisonment, the mendicant's life and fruitless begging: all this is misery. (31, 32)
"Such a life is like that of pigeons (always afraid of dangers); painful is the plucking out of one's hair; difficult is the vow of chastity and hard to keep (even) for a noble man. (33)
"My son, you are accustomed to comfort, you are tender and cleanly; you are not able, my son, to live as a Sramana. (34)
"No repose as long as life lasts; the great burden 4 of duty is heavy like a load of iron, which is difficult to be carried, O son. (35)
"As it is difficult to cross the heavenly Ganges, or to swim against the current, or to swim with one's arms over the sea, so it is difficult to get over the ocean of duties. (36)
"Self-control is untasteful like a mouthful of sand, and to practise penance is as difficult as to walk on the edge of a sword. (37)
"It is difficult (always to observe the rules of) right conduct with one's eyes for ever open like (those of) a snake, O son; it is difficult to eat iron grains, as it were. (38)
"As it is very difficult to swallow burning fire, so is it difficult for a young man to live as a Sramana. (39)
"As it is difficult to fill a bag with wind, so is it difficult for a weak man to live as a Sramana. (40)