Enjoying these verses? They're also available as a book! × Chapter 4. Flowers Verse 4 Global verse #47 As a great flood carries away a sleeping village, so death bears off the man who, possessed of longing, plucks only the flowers (of existence). ← Verse 3 Verse 5 → Alternative URLs /chapter/4/verse/4 (canonical) /4/4 (shorthand) /v47 (global) /vagga/4/gatha/4 (pali) Navigation ← Back to Chapter 4 ← Back to Home