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Dhammapada · 17.10

Niddhantaṃ jambonadasseva, ko taṃ ninditumarahati;Devāpi naṃ pasaṃsanti, brahmunāpi pasaṃsito.

Niddhantam jambonadasseva, ko tam ninditumarahati; Devapi nam pasamsanti, brahmunapi pasamsito.

Like a piece of refined gold from the Jambu river — who could be fit to blame him? Even the gods praise him; he is praised even by Brahmā.

— Dhammapada 17.10

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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