Summary: Kāmaṃ kāmayamānassa, tassa ce taṃ samijjhati, addhā pītimano hoti. Laddhā macco yadicchati. Tassa ce -- kāmayānassa, chandajātassa -- jantuno te kāmā parihāyanti, sallaviddhova ruppati. Listen If one, longing for sensual pleasure, achieves it, yes, one's enraptured at heart. The mortal gets what one wants. But if for that person -- longing, desiring -- the pleasures diminish, one's shattered, as if shot with an arrow. Sutta Nipāta 4.772, 4.773 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. http://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx
