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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 dullard returns to the womb again and again.

… Dāsako thero ….