Theragāthā 1.17
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.17
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two
Dāsakattheragāthā
Dāsaka
“Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,
One who gets drowsy from overeating,
Niddāyitā samparivattasāyī;
fond of sleep, rolling round the bed
Mahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho,
like a great hog stuffed with grain:
Punappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando”ti.
that idiot is reborn again and again.
… Dāsako thero ….