Theragāthā 1.93
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.93
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Dasamavagga
Chapter Ten
Erakattheragāthā
Eraka
“Dukkhā kāmā eraka,
Sensual pleasures are suffering, Eraka!
Na sukhā kāmā eraka;
Sensual pleasures aren’t happiness, Eraka!
Yo kāme kāmayati,
One who enjoys sensual pleasures
Dukkhaṁ so kāmayati eraka;
enjoys suffering, Eraka!
Yo kāme na kāmayati,
One who doesn’t enjoy sensual pleasures
Dukkhaṁ so na kāmayati erakā”ti.
doesn’t enjoy suffering, Eraka!
… Erako thero ….