Dhammapda 60
(Sayings of the Dhamma)
Bāla
(Unwise)
Long is the night for one who stays awake
Dīghaṃ santassa yojanaṃ;
Long is a yojana (a measure of distance) for the weary
Dīgho bālāna saṃsāro,
Long is saṃsāra (the cycle of birth and death) for the unwise
Saddhammaṃ avijānataṃ.
[For those] who do not understand the true Dhamma
Story: Kosala Rāja/Aññatara Purisa Vatthu
King Kosala’s Dream: Four Messengers and the DU SA NA SO Verses of Warning from the Underworld”
1.
We lived a very wicked life,
we would never give offerings;
from our existing wealth, we did
not make an island for ourselves.
2.
Sixty thousand years—they
were filled up all round—
we were boiling in Niraya Hell,
when will we see the end?
3.
There is no end, where does it end?
no end at all is ever seen.
Therefore (we suffer from) what bad
we forged, both you and me, dear Sirs.
4.
Out from here I will surely go,
and find a human womb;
generous, endowed with virtue,
I will make a lot of merit.
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