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Dhammapada · 1.7

Subhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ, indriyesu asaṃvutaṃ;Bhojanamhi cāmattaññuṃ, kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ;Taṃ ve pasahati māro, vāto rukkhaṃva dubbalaṃ.

Subhanupassim viharantam, indriyesu asamvutam; Bhojanamhi camattannum, kusitam hinaviriyam; Tam ve pasahati maro, vato rukkhamva dubbalam.

The one who dwells contemplating the agreeable, with senses unrestrained, immoderate in food, lazy and weak in effort — Mara overpowers them as wind overpowers a frail tree.

— Dhammapada 1.7

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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