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1 3 | Quivering, wavering,~hard to guard,~to hold in check:~
2 3 | Hard to hold down,~ nimble,~
3 3 | So hard to see,~so very, very subtle,~
4 6 | over the realm of Death~so hard to transcend. ~
5 6 | no-home~in seclusion, so hard to enjoy.~There he should
6 12 | for, as they say,~what's hard to tame is you~ yourself. ~ ~
7 12 | you obtain the mainstay~hard to obtain. ~ ~
8 12 | good~is truly harder than hard to do. ~ ~
9 14 | Hard the winning of a human
10 14 | winning of a human birth.~Hard the life of mortals.~
11 14 | the life of mortals.~Hard the chance to hear the
12 14 | to hear the true Dhamma.~Hard the arising of Awakened
13 14 | It's hard to come by~ a thoroughbred
14 18 | pursuits,~ it's hard. ~ ~
15 18 | the errors of others,~but hard to see~your own.~You winnow
16 21 | Hard is the life gone forth,~
17 21 | the life gone forth,~ hard to delight in.~ Hard
18 21 | hard to delight in.~ Hard is the miserable~
19 23 | Dhanapalaka,~deep in rut, is hard to control.~Bound, he won'
20 24 | overcome~this uncouth craving, hard to escape,~sorrows roll
21 24(346)| line as a whole as meaning "hard for the slack to untie."
22 24 | constraining,~ elastic,~ hard to untie.~But having cut
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