Dhammapada

Malavagga ⧸ Gāthā 239

Anupubbena medhāvī thokathokaṃ khaṇe khaṇe
Kammāro rajatasseva niddhame malamattano

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Impurity ⧸ Verse 239

Let a wise man blow off the impurities of his self, as a smith blows off the impurities of silver one by one, little by little, and from time to time.
English translation by Max Müller, from The Sacred Books of the East (1881).

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