Devatāsaṁyutta 67

Linked Discourses 1.67

7. Overcome

Ensnared

1 “By what is the world ensnared?

By what is it surrounded?

By what is the world fastened shut?

On what is the world grounded?”

2 “Craving has ensnared the world.

It’s surrounded by old age.

The world is fastened shut by mortality.

The world is grounded on suffering.”