Dhp 30

Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 30

appamādena maghavā | devānaṃ seṭṭhataṃ gato ||
appamādaṃ pasaṃsanti | pamādo garahito sadā || 30 ||

1)

30. By earnestness did Maghavan (Indra) rise to the lordship of the gods.
       People praise earnestness; thoughtlessness is always blamed.

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 10,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

30. By carefulness Maghavā (Indra) went to supremacy among the gods.
      They praise carefulness. Carelessness is always blamed.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 4,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the Full Moon, October 4, 2009