Dhammapada · Verset 25

Cūḷapanthakavatthu

Pali

Uṭṭhānenappamādena,
saṁyamena damena ca;
Dīpaṁ kayirātha medhāvī,
yaṁ ogho nābhikīrati.

English

By hard work and diligence,
by restraint and by self-control,
a smart person would build an island
that the floods cannot overflow.

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