Affection (Piya Vagga)
Verse 212
Pāli Source
Piyato jāyatī soko piyato jāyatī bhayaṃ; piyato vippamuttassa n’atthi soko kuto bhayaṃ.
English Translation
From what is dear, sorrow is born; from what is dear, fear is born. For one who is free from what is dear, there is no sorrow — much less any fear.
Way to Enlightenment draft translation — not yet reviewed for accuracy.
Editorial Note
From the Piya Vagga (Affection) — one of several nearly-identical verses in this chapter that substitute different words (affection, attachment, desire, craving) into the same structure.
Source
Pali critical edition: O. von Hinüber & K.R. Norman (Pali Text Society, 1995), digitized by the Dhammakaya Foundation via GRETIL, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0