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Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 5.13.72

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5.13.72

‘‘Yāvadeva anatthāya, ñattaṃ bālassa jāyati;
Hanti bālassa sukkaṃsaṃ, muddhamassa vipātaya’’nti.

72. When to his disadvantage a simpleton acquires knowledge,
It injures the fortune of the simpleton and crushes his head.

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

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