Theragāthā 1.101
Translators: sujato
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 idiot is reborn again and again.
… Belaṭṭhāniko thero ….