Dhammapada

Pakinnakavagga ⧸ Gāthā 292

Yaṃ hi kiccaṃ tadapaviddhaṃ akiccaṃ pana kayirati
Unnalānaṃ pamattānaṃ tesaṃ vaḍḍhanti āsavā

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Miscellaneous ⧸ Verse 292

What ought to be done is left undone,
But what ought not to be done is done:
The Depravities of the insolent and careless grow.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).

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