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Dhammapada · 24.19

Vītataṇho anādāno, niruttipadakovido;Akkharānaṃ sannipātaṃ, jaññā pubbāparāni ca;Sa ve antimasārīro, mahāpañño mahāpurisoti vuccati.

Vitatanho anadano, niruttipadakovido; Akkharanam sannipatam, janna pubbaparani ca; Sa ve antimasariro, mahapanno mahapurisoti vuccati.

Craving-free, ungrasping, skilled in language, knowing the sequence of syllables — he is in his last body, great in wisdom, called a Great Being.

— Dhammapada 24.19

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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