Appamadavagga ⧸ Gāthā 28
Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito
Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
Pabbataṭṭho va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati
Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
Pabbataṭṭho va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati
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On Earnestness ⧸ Verse 28
When an understanding one discards heedlessness by heedfulness, he, free from sorrow, ascends to the palace of wisdom and surveys the sorrowing folk as a wise mountaineer surveys the ignorant groundlings.
English translation by Ven. Narada Maha Thera. For free distribution only.
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