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# 法苑珠林 71.42

法苑珠林 71.42

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [71.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.42)

作惡不即受　如乳即成酪  
猶灰覆火上　愚者輕蹈之

> Committing evil does not bring immediate retribution,  
> Just as milk does not immediately become curd;  
> Like ashes covering a fire,  
> The fool lightly treads upon it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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