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Dhammapada · 4.16

Evaṃ saṅkārabhūtesu, andhabhūte puthujjane;Atirocati paññāya, sammāsambuddhasāvako.

Evam sankarabhutesu, andhabhute puthujjane; Atirocati pannaya, sammasambuddhasavako.

Even so, among the rubbish-like beings, among the blind ordinary folk, the disciple of the Perfectly Awakened One shines forth by wisdom.

— Dhammapada 4.16

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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