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Dhammapada · 1.17

Idha tappati pecca tappati, pāpakārī ubhayattha tappati;'Pāpaṃ me katan'ti tappati, bhiyyo tappati duggatiṃ gato.

Idha tappati pecca tappati, papakari ubhayattha tappati; 'Papam me katan'ti tappati, bhiyyo tappati duggatim gato.

The evildoer is tormented here and tormented hereafter; in both worlds he is tormented. 'I have done evil' — thus he is tormented; and even more so when gone to a bad rebirth.

— Dhammapada 1.17

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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