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Dhp 308
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
Source: https://suttacentral.net/dhp308/en/sujato
License: CC0-1.0

It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained
to eat an iron ball,
scorching, like a burning flame,
than to eat the nation’s alms.