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Dhammapada 304

Dhammapada 304

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Pāli

304

Dūre santo pakāsenti,
himavantova pabbato;
Asantettha na dissanti,
rattiṃ khittā yathā sarā.

Good people shine from afar, like the snowy
[302. This verse is difficult, and I give my translation as tentative only. Childers (Notes, p. 11) does not remove the difficulties, and I have been chiefly guided by the interpretation put on the verse by the Chinese translator; Beal, Dhammapada, p. 137.] mountains; bad people are not seen, like arrows shot by night.

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

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