Verses and Stories of Dhammapada:Kosambika Vatthu

Pare ca na vijananti

Mayamettha yamamase

Ye ca tattha vijananti

Tato sammanti medhaga.

Many never realized that all of us here shall one day die.

But those who realize that have their quarrels calmed thereby.

Story

Some trivial incident led to a serious dispute among the monks in the city of Kosambi. The disputed monks did not obey the Buddha’s suggestion. Finally the Buddha went to a forest and spent the rainy retreat there. Being forced by the laity, the monks went to the Buddha and invited him to the city. The Buddha then taught them this verse of Dhammapada.