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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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16: The Chapter about Love – 196<br />

Hold nothing as loved<br />

In quick succession a son, his father and mother all retired<br />

from the world and became monastics, but even after<br />

ordination they were inseparable; the Buddha told them this<br />

was not suitable for monastics and admonished them with this<br />

verse.<br />

209. Ayoge yuñjam-attānaṁ, yogasmiñ-ca ayojayaṁ,<br />

atthaṁ hitvā piyaggāhī, pihetattānuyoginaṁ.<br />

Engaging in what is not suitable,<br />

not engaging in what is suitable,<br />

abandoning the good, grasping the loved,<br />

he envies the person who endeavours.<br />

210. Mā piyehi samāgañchī appiyehi kudācanaṁ,<br />

piyānaṁ adassanaṁ dukkhaṁ, appiyānañ-ca dassanaṁ.<br />

Do not associate at any time<br />

with those who are loved, or with those unloved,<br />

there is suffering not meeting those l not loved oved<br />

and suffering from meeting those unloved.<br />

211. Tasmā piyaṁ na kay i rātha, piyāpāyo hi pāpako.<br />

Ganthā tesaṁ na vijjanti yesaṁ natthi piyāppiyaṁ.<br />

Therefore do not hold anything as loved,<br />

for losing those who are loved is loathsome.<br />

There are no knots or attachments for those<br />

who hold nothing as loved or as unloved.

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