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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 ….