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Dhammapada · 15.2

Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, āturesu anāturā;Āturesu manussesu, viharāma anāturā.

Susukham vata jivama, aturesu anatura; Aturesu manussesu, viharama anatura.

Happily indeed we live, healthy among the afflicted. Among afflicted people we dwell healthy.

— Dhammapada 15.2

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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