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Dhammapada 1.2.2_29

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 1.2.2_29

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1.2.2_29

‘‘Appaṃ vā bahuṃ vā nāddasāma,
Dānaṃ dadantassa sake agāre;
Uposathakammaṃ vā tādisaṃ,
Kena kammena gatosi devaloka’’nti. (vi. va. 1219; pe. va. 198);

I never saw you give alms, either little or much, in your own home.
Nor did you so much as keep fast-day; by what work of merit did you attain the World of the Gods?

Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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