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# Verses on Dhamma 5.14.74

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 5.14.74

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.14.74)

‘‘Mameva kata maññantu, gihī pabbajitā ubho.

> 74. “Let layman and monk both think that it was I, and I alone, who did this;  
> Let them be subject to my will, both in everything that ought to be done, and  
> in everything that ought not to be done!”  
> Thus resolves the simpleton; so do his desire and pride increase.  
> — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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## Translations (1)

- [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.5.14.p8) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

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