Dhammapada · Verse 266

Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu

Pali

Na tena bhikkhu so hoti,
yāvatā bhikkhate pare;
Vissaṁ dhammaṁ samādāya,
bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.

English

You don’t become a mendicant
just by begging from others.
One who has undertaken domestic duties
has not yet become a mendicant.

License: English CC0 (Bhikkhu Sujato); Pali public domain. Source: SuttaCentral (sc-data).