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Dhammapada 161

Dhammapada 161

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Pāli

161

Attanā hi kataṃ pāpaṃ,
Attajaṃ attasambhavaṃ;
Abhimatthati dummedhaṃ,
Vajiraṃvasmamayaṃ maṇiṃ.

The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.

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

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