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Dhammapada 49

Dhammapada 49

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Pāli

49

Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṃ,
vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṃ;
Paleti rasamādāya,
evaṃ gāme munī care.

As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village.

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

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