[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) › 48.58 # 法苑珠林 48.58 法苑珠林 48.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.58) 士夫生世間　斧在口中生 還自斬其身　斯由其惡言 應毀便稱譽　應譽而便毀 其罪口中生　死則墮惡道 > When a person is born into the world, / An axe is born in their mouth; / With it they strike their own body, / And this is due to their evil speech. / What should be censured, they praise; / What should be praised, they censure. / Such guilt is born of the mouth; / At death, they fall into the evil destinies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.57) - [Next: 48.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.59) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.48.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.59) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.58) · Pramāṇa