Dhammapada 2.4.26
Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 2.4.26
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- Pāli
2.4.26
‘‘Pamādamanuyuñjanti, bālā dummedhino janā;
Appamādañca medhāvī, dhanaṃ seṭṭhaṃva rakkhati.
26. Simpletons, folk of little intelligence, are given to heedlessness;
But the intelligent man preserves heedfulness as his greatest treasure.
27. Give not yourselves up to heedlessness; indulge not in lust and sensual pleasure;
For he that is heedful and practices meditation attains profound happiness.
Translations (1)
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English