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sn.1.72 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Chariot

“What is the token of a chariot?
What, the token of a fire?
What is the token of a country?
What, the token of a woman?”

“A standard is the token of a chariot;
Smoke, the token of a fire;
The king is a country’s token;
A husband, the token of a woman.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh