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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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9: The Chapter about Wickedness – 126<br />

Offending the inoffensive<br />

The hunter Koka blamed a monk for his failure to catch game<br />

and he set his dogs on him, chasing him up a tree; the monk’s<br />

robe fell over the hunter and the dogs mistakenly devoured<br />

him instead; the monk worried whether his actions led to the<br />

death of the man, and the Buddha reassured him with this<br />

verse.<br />

125. So appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,<br />

suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa,<br />

tam-eva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,<br />

sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁ va khitto.<br />

One offends against the inoffensive,<br />

a purified and passionless person,<br />

that wicked deed then returns to the fool,<br />

like fine dust that is thrown against the wind.

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