Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
Connected Discourses with Devatas: SN1:17 Difficult to Practise
1 "Dukkaraṃ duttitikkhañca,
abyattena ca sāmaññaṃ;
Bahūhi tattha sambādhā,
yattha bālo visīdatī"ti.2 "Katihaṃ careyya sāmaññaṃ,
cittañce na nivāraye;
Pade pade visīdeyya,
sankappānaṃ vasānugoti.3 Kummova angāni sake kapāle,
Samodahaṃ bhikkhu manovitakke;
Anissito aññamaheṭhayāno,
Parinibbuto nūpavadeyya kañcī"ti.