{
  "dhp320:0.1": "Minor Collection ",
  "dhp320:0.2": "Sayings of the Dhamma 320–333 ",
  "dhp320:0.3": "23. Elephants ",
  "dhp320:0.4": "",
  "dhp320:1": "Like an elephant struck ",
  "dhp320:2": "with arrows in battle, ",
  "dhp320:3": "I shall endure abuse, ",
  "dhp320:4": "for so many folk are badly behaved. ",
  "dhp321:1": "The well-tamed beast is the one led to the crowd; ",
  "dhp321:2": "the tamed elephant’s the one the king mounts; ",
  "dhp321:3": "the tamed person who endures abuse ",
  "dhp321:4": "is the best of human beings. ",
  "dhp322:1": "Those who have tamed themselves are better ",
  "dhp322:2": "than fine tamed mules, ",
  "dhp322:3": "thoroughbreds from Sindh, ",
  "dhp322:4": "or giant tuskers. ",
  "dhp323:0": "",
  "dhp323:1": "For not on those mounts ",
  "dhp323:2": "would you go to the untrodden place, ",
  "dhp323:3": "whereas, with the help of one <j>whose self is well tamed, ",
  "dhp323:4": "you go there, tamed by the tamed. ",
  "dhp324:0": "",
  "dhp324:1": "The tusker named Dhanapāla ",
  "dhp324:2": "is musky in rut, hard to control. ",
  "dhp324:3": "Bound, he eats not a morsel, ",
  "dhp324:4": "for he misses the elephant forest. ",
  "dhp325:0": "",
  "dhp325:1": "One who gets drowsy from overeating, ",
  "dhp325:2": "fond of sleep, rolling round the bed ",
  "dhp325:3": "like a great hog stuffed with grain: ",
  "dhp325:4": "that dullard returns to the womb again and again. ",
  "dhp326:0": "",
  "dhp326:1": "In the past my mind wandered ",
  "dhp326:2": "how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased. ",
  "dhp326:3": "Now I’ll carefully guide it, ",
  "dhp326:4": "as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant. ",
  "dhp327:0": "",
  "dhp327:1": "Delight in diligence! ",
  "dhp327:2": "Take good care of your mind! ",
  "dhp327:3": "Pull yourself out of this pit, ",
  "dhp327:4": "like an elephant sunk in a bog. ",
  "dhp328:0": "",
  "dhp328:1": "If you find an alert companion, ",
  "dhp328:2": "an attentive friend to live happily together, ",
  "dhp328:3": "then, overcoming all adversities, ",
  "dhp328:4": "wander with them, joyful and mindful. ",
  "dhp329:1": "If you find no alert companion, ",
  "dhp329:2": "no attentive friend to live happily together, ",
  "dhp329:3": "then, like a king who flees his conquered realm, ",
  "dhp329:4": "wander alone like a tusker in the wilds. ",
  "dhp330:1": "It’s better to wander alone, ",
  "dhp330:2": "there’s no fellowship with fools. ",
  "dhp330:3": "Wander alone and do no wrong, ",
  "dhp330:4": "at ease like a tusker in the wilds. ",
  "dhp331:0": "",
  "dhp331:1": "A friend in need is a blessing; ",
  "dhp331:2": "it’s a blessing to be content with whatever; ",
  "dhp331:3": "good deeds are a blessing at the end of life, ",
  "dhp331:4": "and giving up all suffering is a blessing. ",
  "dhp332:1": "In this world it’s a blessing to serve ",
  "dhp332:2": "one’s mother and one’s father. ",
  "dhp332:3": "And it’s a blessing also to serve ",
  "dhp332:4": "ascetics and brahmins. ",
  "dhp333:1": "It’s a blessing to keep precepts until you grow old; ",
  "dhp333:2": "a blessing to be grounded in faith; ",
  "dhp333:3": "the getting of wisdom’s a blessing; ",
  "dhp333:4": "and it’s a blessing to avoid doing wrong. ",
  "dhp333:5": ""
}