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Dhammapada · 5.15

Mameva kata maññantu, gihīpabbajitā ubho;Mamevātivasā assu, kiccākiccesu kismici;Iti bālassa saṅkappo, icchā māno ca vaḍḍhati.

Mameva kata mannantu, gihipabbajita ubho; Mamevativasa assu, kiccakiccesu kismici; Iti balassa sankappo, iccha mano ca vaddhati.

'Let both householders and ascetics know it was done by me; may they all defer to me in whatever should or should not be done' — thus the fool's intention; his craving and conceit grow.

— Dhammapada 5.15

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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