DHAMMAPADA XIX, 5

Syair 260

Seseorang bukan hanya karena semata-mata sudah beruban disebut thera (tua-tua, pengetua). Walaupun usianya sudah lanjut, namun ia dapat disebut "si tua yang tidak berguna".

Sawijining wong kang sinebut "Luwih Tuwa/Thera" mono dudu karana wis putih rambute. Sanajan umure wis akeh, nanging watake isih tetep muda, wong iku mung pantes sinebut: "wong tuwa kang ora migunani".

A man is not an elder because his head is grey; his age may be ripe, but he is called "Old-in-vain".

na tena thero hoti

yenassa palita siro

paripakko vayo tassa

moghajinno ti vuccati

Sumber:

Kitab Suci DHAMMAPADA, Bodhimandala Rumah Suci (Surabaya), Bodhimandala Sanggar Suci (Lawang), 1989

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