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Verses on Dhamma 133

PTS edition (von Hinüber & Norman 1994) 133

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Pāli

133

mā voca pharusaṃ kañci vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṃ, /
dukkhā hi sārambhakathā paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṃ. //

Do not speak harshly to anybody; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful, blows for blows will touch thee.

Friedrich Max Müller 1881, The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1)

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