Dhammapada · 24.25

Tiṇadosāni khettāni, mohadosā ayaṃ pajā;Tasmā hi vītamohesu, dinnaṃ hoti mahapphalaṃ.

Tinadosani khettani, mohadosa ayam paja; Tasma hi vitamohesu, dinnam hoti mahapphalam.

Weeds are the bane of fields; delusion is the bane of this humankind. Therefore, what is given to those free from delusion yields great fruit.

— Dhammapada 24.25

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.