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Dhammapada · 14.9

Api dibbesu kāmesu, ratiṃ so nādhigacchati;Taṇhakkhayarato hoti, sammāsambuddhasāvako.

Api dibbesu kamesu, ratim so nadhigacchati; Tanhakkhayarato hoti, sammasambuddhasavako.

Even in divine pleasures he finds no delight; the disciple of the Fully Self-Awakened One delights in the destruction of craving.

— Dhammapada 14.9

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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