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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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20: The Chapter about the Path – 251<br />

A fool knows not the danger<br />

The merchant Mahādhana arrived at Sāvatthi to sell his<br />

goods, and thought he will stay there all year round; the<br />

Buddha, however, saw that the merchant would die in seven<br />

days and sent Ven. Ānanda to warn him; the merchant then<br />

gave meals to the Buddha and the Saṅgha, and on hearing the<br />

teaching in this verse attained stream-entry before dying.<br />

286. “Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi, idha hemantagimhisu”,<br />

iti bālo vicinteti, antarāyaṁ na bujjhati.<br />

“Here I will dwell during the rains,<br />

here during winter and summer”,<br />

in just such a way a fool thinks,<br />

not understanding the danger.

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