- Saį¹yutta NikÄya
- Connected Discourses with Devatas
1.66. Afflicted
āBy what is the world afflicted?
By what is it enveloped?
By what dart has it been wounded?
With what is it always burning?ā
āThe world is afflicted with death,
Enveloped by old age;
Wounded by the dart of craving,
It is always burning with desire.ā
