1 EN Standing to one side, the godling Khema recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence: “Fools and simpletons behave like their own worst enemies, doing wicked deeds
PL Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho khemo devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi: “Caranti bālā dummedhā, amitteneva attanā; Karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,
2 EN that ripen as bitter fruit. It’s not good to do a deed that plagues you later on, for which you weep and wail,
PL yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ. Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu, yaṁ katvā anutappati; Yassa assumukho rodaṁ,
3 EN as its effect stays with you. It is good to do a deed that doesn’t plague you later on, that gladdens and cheers,
PL vipākaṁ paṭisevati. Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu, yaṁ katvā nānutappati; Yassa patīto sumano,
4 EN as its effect stays with you.” “As a precaution, you should do what you know is for your own welfare. A thinker, an attentive one would not proceed
PL vipākaṁ paṭisevati. Paṭikacceva taṁ kayirā, yaṁ jaññā hitamattano; Na sākaṭikacintāya,
5 EN thinking like the cart driver. Suppose a cart driver leaves the highway, so even and well compacted. They enter upon a rough road,
PL mantā dhīro parakkame. Yathā sākaṭiko maṭṭhaṁ, samaṁ hitvā mahāpathaṁ; Visamaṁ maggamāruyha,
6 EN and fret as soon as their axle is broken. So too, a dullard leaves the good to follow what’s against the good. Fallen in the jaws of death,
PL akkhacchinnova jhāyati. Evaṁ dhammā apakkamma, adhammamanuvattiya; Mando maccumukhaṁ patto,
7 EN they fret like one whose axle is broken.”
PL akkhacchinnova jhāyatī”ti.
Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.
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Sutraya