Tipiṭaka
Theragāthā 136
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Verses of the Senior Monks 2.16
The Book of the Twos
Chapter Two
Mahākāḷa
1 There’s a big black woman who looks like a crow.
She broke off thigh-bones, first one then another;
she broke off arm-bones, first one then another;
she broke off a skull like a curd-bowl, and then
arranged them and sat nearby.
2 When an ignorant person builds up attachments,
that dullard returns to suffering again and again.
So let one who understands
not build up attachments:
may I never again lie with a broken skull!