Dhp 31

Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 31

appamādarato bhikkhu | pamāde bhayadassi vā ||
saṃyojanaṃ aṇuṃ thūlaṃ | ḍahaṃ aggīva gacchati || 31 ||

1)

31. A Bhikshu (mendicant) who delights in earnestness, who looks with fear
              on thoughtlessness,
       moves about like fire, burning all his fetters, small or large.

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, pp. 10-11,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

31. A bhikkhu who delights in carefulness, who sees danger in carelessness,
      goes about like a fire consuming his fetter, small or large.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 5,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the Last Quarter, October 11, 2009