Nirayavagga ⧸ Gāthā 311
Kuso yathā duggahito hatthamevānukantati
Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ nirayāyupakaḍḍhati
Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ nirayāyupakaḍḍhati
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The Downward Course ⧸ Verse 311
Just as kusa grass if badly held cuts that very hand, so also, the ill-led life of a bhikkhu drags that bhikkhu down to niraya.
English translation by Daw Mya Tin. Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon, Burma, 1986. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma.
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