yathāpi mūlair anupadrutaiḥ sadā chinno ’pi vṛkṣaḥ punar eva jāyate |
evaṃ hi tṛṣṇānuśayair anuddhṛtair nirvartate duhkham idaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |3,16|
18 (338). As long as a live tree has not been pulled up by the roots, but only cut down, it springs up afresh; so it is that if even the smallest atom of lust has not been eradicated, one will not leave behind this ever-recurring suffering (i.e., existence).