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Dhammapada · 22.1

Abhūtavādī nirayaṃ upeti, yo cāpi katvā na karomīti cāha;Ubhopi te pecca samā bhavanti, nihīnakammā manujā parattha.

Abhutavadi nirayam upeti, yo capi katva na karomiti caha; Ubhopi te pecca sama bhavanti, nihinakamma manuja parattha.

The speaker of untruth goes to hell, and so does the one who, having done a deed, says, 'I did not.' Both, having done base deeds, become equal hereafter.

— Dhammapada 22.1

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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