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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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11: The Chapter about Old Age – 145<br />

The end of life is death<br />

The elderly nun Uttarā still walked on almsround at the age of<br />

one hundred and twenty years; while walking one day she met<br />

the Buddha, but stumbled and fell down; the Buddha spoke this<br />

verse warning of her coming death.<br />

148. Parijiṇṇam-idaṁ rūpaṁ, roganīḷaṁ pabhaṅguraṁ,<br />

bhijjati pūtisandeho, maraṇantaṁ hi jīvitaṁ.<br />

This body is worn out, a nest<br />

of disease, perishing, putrid,<br />

the putrid body will come to<br />

destruction, for life ends in death.

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