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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.101

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Ekādasamavagga
Chapter Eleven

Belaṭṭhānikattheragāthā

Belaṭṭhānika

“Hitvā gihittaṁ anavositatto,
He’s given up the household life, <j>but he has no purpose.

Mukhanaṅgalī odariko kusīto;
Living for his belly, lazy, <j>he uses his snout as a plow,

Mahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho,
like a great hog stuffed with grain.

Punappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando”ti.
That dullard is reborn again and again.

… Belaṭṭhāniko thero ….