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1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1 -
- The Garden of Delight
- Nandanavagga
17. Hard to Do
- Dukkarasutta
“Hard to do, hard to endure,
“Dukkaraṁ duttitikkhañca,
is the ascetic life for the inept,
abyattena ca sāmaññaṁ;
for it has many narrow passes
Bahūhi tattha sambādhā,
where the fool founders.
(Should it founders or flounders)
(everywhere its used as founders)
”yattha bālo visīdatī”ti.