Nirayavagga ⧸ Gāthā 309
Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto
Āpajjati paradārūpasevī
Apuññalābhaṃ na nikāmaseyyaṃ
Nindaṃ tatiyaṃ nirayaṃ catutthaṃ
Āpajjati paradārūpasevī
Apuññalābhaṃ na nikāmaseyyaṃ
Nindaṃ tatiyaṃ nirayaṃ catutthaṃ
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The Downward Course ⧸ Verse 309
Four conditons do a reckless man,
Familiar with anothers wife, befal:
Demerits gain, uncomfortable bed;
Thirdly censure, and fourthly hell.
Familiar with anothers wife, befal:
Demerits gain, uncomfortable bed;
Thirdly censure, and fourthly hell.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).
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