[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 24.51 # 法苑珠林 24.51 法苑珠林 24.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.51) 愚戇作惡　不能自解　殃追自焚 罪成熾然　愚不望處　不謂適苦 臨墮厄地　乃知不善 > "The foolish commit evil, > Unable to understand themselves; > Calamity pursues and burns them. > When sins mature, they blaze fiercely. > Where the fool does not expect it, > Not considering that suffering approaches, > Only when facing the fall into a dire realm > Do they know it was unwholesome." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.50) - [Next: 24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.52) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.24.51) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.2.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.51) · Pramāṇa