Thag 2.13: Heraññakani

Thag 2.13

Heraññakani

Translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Alternate translation:

Olendzki (excerpt)

Thanissaro

PTS: vv. 145-146

Source: Transcribed from a file provided by the translator.

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Heraññakani (Thag 2.13) {vv. 145-146}

Days & nights
	   fly past.
Life
	comes to an end.
The span of mortals
	   runs out,
like the water of a piddling stream.
But the fool doing evil deeds
doesn't realize that later
it's bitter for him:
evil for him
	   the result.