Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10: The Dhammapada and Sutta Nipata

Front Matter
CHAPTER 1. The Twin Verses 3 — " 2. On Earnestness 9
CHAPTER I. — THE TWIN-VERSES.
CHAPTER II. — ON EARNESTNESS[1].
CHAPTER III. — THOUGHT.
CHAPTER IV. — FLOWERS[1].
CHAPTER V. — THE FOOL.
CHAPTER VI. — THE WISE MAN (PANDITA).
CHAPTER VII. — THE VENERABLE (ARHAT).
CHAPTER VIII. — THE THOUSANDS.
Chapter IX. — Evil.
CHAPTER X. — PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER XI. — OLD AGE.
CHAPTER XII. — SELF.
CHAPTER XIII. — THE WORLD.
CHAPTER XIV. — THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED).
CHAPTER XV. — HAPPINESS.
CHAPTER XVI. — PLEASURE.
CHAPTER XVII. — ANGER.
CHAPTER XVIII. — IMPURITY.
CHAPTER XIX. — THE JUST.
CHAPTER XX. — THE WAY.
CHAPTER XXI. — MISCELLANEOUS.
CHAPTER XXII. — THE DOWNWARD COURSE.
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE ELEPHANT.
CHAPTER XXIV. — THIRST.
CHAPTER XXV. — THE BHIKSHU (MENDICANT).
CHAPTER XXVI. — THE BRAHMANA (ARHAT).

CHAPTER XI. — OLD AGE.

156. Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, lie, like broken bows, sighing after the past.

[155. On ghayanti, i.e. kshayanti, see Dr. Bollensen's learned remarks, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenl. Gesellschaft, XVIII, 834, and Boehtlingk-Roth, s.v. ksha.]

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