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Dhammapada 2.4.26

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 2.4.26

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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.

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

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