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Udanavarga 2.63

法句譬喻經 2.63

Language
Classical Chinese

2.63

「撾杖良善,妄讒無罪,其殃十倍,
災卒無赦。生受酷痛,形體毀折,
自然惱病,失意恍忽,人所誣者,
或縣官厄,財產耗盡,親戚離別,
舍宅所有,災火焚燒,死入地獄,
如是為十。」

“He who inflicts pain on the gentle and the good, or falsely accuses the innocent, this man will inherit one of these ten calamities—either a direct visitation from Heaven (by fire, wind, or water); or, if born, a deformed and diseased body; or some spontaneous fiery outbreak, or loss of reason, or some false accusation, or some governmental difficulty, or a gradual loss of worldly substance, or alienation of relatives, or destruction of treasure (crops or grain) by fire or lightning; and when dead, a birth in hell. These are the ten.”

Samuel Beal, Texts from the Buddhist Canon commonly known as Dhammapada, with accompanying narratives

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