Dasarathajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1572

[1572] Just as one would quench a blazing shelter with water, so too the wise man — learned, intelligent, and astute — would swiftly scatter sorrow (soka) when it has arisen, as the wind scatters a tuft of cotton. [Notes to the Pali text: ¹ M (Burmese ed.): *nipāletuṁ* — the anchor for this note falls in the preceding verse, not within this item. ² M (Burmese ed.): *vārinā parinibbaye*, for "vārināva nibbāpaye."]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.