Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

24: The Chapter about Craving – 123
Yathā pi mūle anupaddave daḷhe 1
Just as when the root remains firm and untroubled
chinno pi rukkho, punar-eva rūhati,
though the tree was cut down, it grows again,
evam-pi taṇhānusaye anūhate
so when the tendency to craving is not rooted out
nibbattatī dukkham-idaṁ punappunaṁ. [338]
this suffering appears again and again.
Yassa chattiṁsatī sotā manāpassavanā bhusā,
He in whom the thirty-six streams 2 flow pleasantly and strong,
vāhā vahanti duddiṭṭhiṁ saṅkappā rāganissitā. [339]
the one with wrong view is carried away by his passionate intentions.
Savanti sabbadhī sotā, latā ubbhijja tiṭṭhati,
Streams are flowing everywhere, the creepers remain where they grow,
tañ-ca disvā lataṁ jātaṁ mūlaṁ paññāya chindatha. [340]
seeing this, cut the creeper’s root that has arisen with wisdom.
Saritāni sinehitāni ca
* There are flowing streams of affection and
sŏmanassāni bhavanti jantuno,
mental happinesses for a person,
te sātasitā sukhesino,
pleasure-dependent they seek happiness,
te ve jātijarūpagā narā. [341]
those people undergo birth and old age.
1 A locative absolutive construction.
2
The number is arrived at by multiplying the types of craving (for pleasure, continuity and
discontinuity) by the six internal and external sense spheres.