Papavagga ⧸ Gāthā 121
Mā pamaññetha pāpassa na mantaṃ āgamissati
Udabindunipātena udakumbho pi pūrati
Pūrati bālo pāpassa thokathokampi ācinaṃ
Udabindunipātena udakumbho pi pūrati
Pūrati bālo pāpassa thokathokampi ācinaṃ
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Evil ⧸ Verse 121
One should not think lightly of doing evil, imagining "A little will not affect me"; just as a water-jar is filled up by falling drops of rain, so also, the fool is filled up with evil, by accumulating it little by little.
English translation by Daw Mya Tin. Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon, Burma, 1986. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma.
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