Dhp 29
From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2638
Date: 2009-09-26
Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 29
appamatto pamattesu | suttesu bahujāgaro ||
abalassaṃva sīghasso | hitvā yāti sumedhaso || 29 ||
1)
29. Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers,
the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.
-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 10,
Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881
2)
29. Careful among the careless, wide awake among those asleep, the
wise man goes leaving (them) behind, as a swift horse leaves behind
a weak horse.
-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 4,
The Pali Text Society, 2000
-- posted on the day of the First Quarter, September 26, 2009