Sona Potiriyaputta

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Thag 2.37

PTS: Thag 193-194

Sona Potiriyaputta

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

2005-2014

- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -

It's not for sleeping, the night garlanded with zodiac stars. The night, for one who knows, is for staying awake. If I were to fall from my elephant's shoulder, and a tusker trampled me, death in battle would be better for me, than that I, defeated, survive.

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Transcribed from a file provided by the translator.

2013 (ATI 2005-2012).

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