sn17.3:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
BAGIAN 1
sn17.3:1.2 “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …
sn17.3:1.3 Once upon a time, in a certain lake there was a large family of turtles that had lived there for a long time.
sn17.3:1.4 Then one of the turtles said to another,
sn17.3:1.5 ‘My dear turtle, don’t you go to that place.’
sn17.3:1.6 But that turtle did go to that place,
sn17.3:1.7 and a hunter pierced her with a harpoon.
sn17.3:1.8 Then that turtle went back to the other turtle.
sn17.3:1.9 When the other turtle saw her coming off in the distance,
sn17.3:1.10 he said,
sn17.3:1.11 ‘My dear turtle, I hope you didn’t go to that place!’
sn17.3:1.12 ‘I did.’
sn17.3:1.13 ‘But my dear turtle, I hope you’re not hurt or injured!’
sn17.3:1.14 ‘I’m not hurt or injured. But this cord keeps dragging behind me.’
sn17.3:1.15 ‘Indeed, my dear turtle, you’re hurt and injured!
sn17.3:1.16 Your father and grandfather met with tragedy and disaster because of such a cord.
sn17.3:1.17 Go now, you are no longer one of us.’