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SALLASUTTA.
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5. Both young and grown-up men, both those who are fools and those who are wise men, all fall into the power of death, all are subject to death. (578)
6. Of those who, overcome by death, go to the other world, a father does not save his son, nor relatives their relations.
(579) 7. Mark! while relatives are looking on and lamenting greatly, one by one of the mortals is carried off, like an ox that is going to be killed.
(580) 8. So the world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.
(581) 9. For him, whose way thou dost not know, either when he is coming or when he is going, not seeing both ends, thou grievest in vain. 1 (582)
10. If he who grieves gains anything, (although he is only a fool hurting himself, let the wise man do the same.
(583) 11. Not from weeping nor from grieving will any one obtain peace of mind; (on the contrary), the greater his pain will be, and his body will suffer.
(584) 12. He will be lean and pale, hurting himself by himself, (and yet) the dead are not saved, lamentation (therefore) is of no avail...
(585) 13. He who does not leave grief behind, goes (only) deeper into pain; bewailing the dead he falls into the power of grief.
(586) 14. Look at others passing away, men that go (to what they deserve) according to their deeds, beings trembling already here, after falling into the power of death.
(587) 15. In whatever manner people think it will come to pass), different from that it becomes, so great is
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |