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Dhammapada 315

Dhammapada 315

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Pāli

315

Nagaraṃ yathā paccantaṃ,
guttaṃ santarabāhiraṃ;
Evaṃ gopetha attānaṃ,
khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;
Khaṇātītā hi socanti,
nirayamhi samappitā.

Like a well-guarded frontier fort, with defences within and without, so let a man guard himself. Not a moment should escape, for they who allow the right moment to pass, suffer pain when they are in hell.

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

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