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The Patna Dharmapada 392

Patna Dharmapada 392

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pūrate bālo pāpassa thokathokaṃ pi ācinaṃ |
Uv17:5
nālpaṃ manyeta pāpasya naitaṃ mām āgamiṣyati |
udabindunipātena mahākumbho 'pi pūryate |
pūryanti bālaḥ pāpair hi stokastokaṃ kṛtair api ||

a fool is filled with evil, accumulating it little by little. / Uv17:5 / One should not think lightly of evil, [saying,] 'This will not come to me.' / Even a great jar is filled by the falling of drops of water; / for fools are filled with evils, even done little by little.

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