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# Verses on Dhamma 6.8.p4

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 6.8.p4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [6.8.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.8.p4)

‘‘Appaṃ pivitvāna nihīnajacco,  
So majjatī tena janinda puṭṭho;  
Dhorayhasīlī ca kulamhi jāto,  
Na majjatī aggarasaṃ pivitvā’’ti. (jā. 1.2.65);

> O King, a low fellow who drinks but little, no sooner touches his drink than he is drunk.  
> But a man who is well-born and patient does not become drunk by drinking the finest liquor.  
> — 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.6.8.p9) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.83) — Pāli

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