Skip to main content

A verse shared with you

Dhammapada · 10.12

Atha vāssa agārāni, aggi ḍahati pāvako;Kāyassa bhedā duppañño, nirayaṃ sopapajjati.

Atha vassa agarani, aggi dahati pavako; Kayassa bheda duppanno, nirayam sopapajjati.

Or burning fire consumes his houses; at the breaking of the body, the unwise is reborn in hell.

— Dhammapada 10.12

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.

Read this — and the whole library — in SoulVriti

Read wisdom from many traditions in a calm web reader, with translations, transliteration, and reflection. A connection is required on the web.

Read in SoulVriti