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Dhammapada · 2.10

Appamādena maghavā, devānaṃ seṭṭhataṃ gato;Appamādaṃ pasaṃsanti, pamādo garahito sadā.

appamadena maghava, devanam setthatam gato; appamadam pasamsanti, pamado garahito sada.

Through heedfulness, Maghavā (Sakka) attained supremacy among the devas. Heedfulness is always praised; heedlessness is always blamed.

— Dhammapada 2.10

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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