Dhp 38
From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2715
Date: 2009-12-02
Dhammapadaṃ, 3. Cittavaggo (Thought), Verse 38
anavaṭṭhitacittassa | saddhammaṃ avijānato ||
pariplavapasādassa | paññā na paripūrati || 38 ||
1)
38. If a man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the true
law, if his peace of mind is troubled, his knowledge will never be
perfect.
-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 12,
Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881
2)
38. The wisdom of one whose thought is unsteady, who does not
know the true doctrine, whose serenity of mind is troubled, is not
perfected.
-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 6,
The Pali Text Society, 2000
-- posted on the day of the Full Moon, December 2, 2009