Mahāpadumajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1711

[1711] Sensual pleasures (kāmā) I declare to be the hook (balisa); elephants and horses, the [hook] smeared with blood; what has been given up I declare to be [the hook] drawn out — know it thus, O khattiya. #1 Ma.: mahante ṭhapetuṃ. 2 Sī., Yu.: sabbo ca. 3 Sī., Yu.: ekanto. #4 Ma.: gacchatha. 5 Ma.: attānaṃ. Yu.: attani.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.