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Dhammapada · 26.40

Usabhaṃ pavaraṃ vīraṃ, mahesiṃ vijitāvinaṃ;Anejaṃ nhātakaṃ buddhaṃ, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

Usabham pavaram viram, mahesim vijitavinam; Anejam nhatakam buddham, tamaham brumi brahmanam.

The bull-like one, noble, hero, great sage, conqueror, unshaken, washed, awakened — him I call a brahmin.

— Dhammapada 26.40

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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