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Dhammapada 380

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Pāli

380

Attā hi attano nātho,
ko hi nātho paro siyā;
Attā hi attano gati,
tasmā saṃyamamattānaṃ;
Assaṃ bhadraṃva vāṇijo.

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.
[372. Cf. Beal, Catena, p. 247.

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

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