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Uttarajjhayana 9.53

Uttarajjhayaṇa 9.53

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

9.53

sallaṃ kāmā visaṃ kāmā kāmā āsīvisovamā |
kāme patthemāṇā akāmā jaṃti doggaiṃ ||

"Pleasures of sense are a dart, pleasures of sense are poison, pleasures of sense are like venomous serpents; / seeking pleasures of sense, [creatures] without desire [for holiness] go to a wretched state of existence.

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