Selected Verses from the Dhammapada
Translated by P. Lal...Chapter: Impurity...page 123




Who takes life, tells a lie,
covets other's wealth, commits adultery,
and surrenders himself to strong liquors,
even in this world, he digs his own grave.
Listen, O man!
indiscipline begets evil.
Avarice and ill deed bring long misery.

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