Devatāsaṁyutta 60

Linked Discourses 1.60

6. Old Age

A Poet

1 “What’s the source of verses?

What constitutes their phrasing?

What do verses depend upon?

What underlies verses?”

2 “Metre is the source of verses.

Syllables constitute their phrasing.

Verses depend on names.

A poet underlies verses.”