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Dhammapada · 13.9

Haṃsādiccapathe yanti, ākāse yanti iddhiyā;Nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā, jetvā māraṃ savāhiniṃ.

Hamsadiccapathe yanti, akase yanti iddhiya; Niyanti dhira lokamha, jetva maram savahinim.

Swans travel the path of the sun; the awakened travel the air by psychic power. The wise depart this world, having defeated Māra and his hosts.

— Dhammapada 13.9

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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