Dandavagga ⧸ Gāthā 142
Alaṅkato ce pi samaṃ careyya
Santo danto niyato brahmacārī
Sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ
So brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu
Santo danto niyato brahmacārī
Sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ
So brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu
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Punishment ⧸ Verse 142
If, though adorned, one lives in tune
with the chaste life
— calmed, tamed, & assured —
having put down the rod toward all beings,
hes a contemplative
a brahman
a monk.
with the chaste life
— calmed, tamed, & assured —
having put down the rod toward all beings,
hes a contemplative
a brahman
a monk.
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