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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.114

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Dvādasamavagga
Chapter Twelve

Adhimuttattheragāthā

Adhimutta (1st)

“Kāyaduṭṭhullagaruno,
Your body is uncomfortably heavy,

hiyyamānamhi jīvite;
and life is running out;

Sarīrasukhagiddhassa,
greedy for physical pleasure,

kuto samaṇasādhutā”ti.
how can you find happiness as an ascetic?

… Adhimutto thero ….