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Thag 1.17

Thag 1.17 Dāsaka

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Thag 1.17 - Dāsaka
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.17
The Book of the Ones
Chapter Two
Dāsaka
One who gets drowsy from overeating,
fond of sleep, rolling round the bed
like a great hog stuffed with grain:
that dullard returns to the womb again and again.