Sace bhāyatha dukkhassa, sace vo dukkhamappiyaṃ,

mākattha pāpakaṃ kammaṃ, āvi vā yadi vā raho.

Sace ca pāpakaṃ kammaṃ, karissatha karotha vā,

Na vo dukkhā pamutyatthi:

upeccapi palāyataṃ.

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If you fear pain, if you dislike pain,

don't do an evil deed in open or secret.

If you're doing or will do an evil deed,

you won't escape pain:

it will catch you even as you run away.

Udāna 5.44

View Pāli on Tipitaka.org

Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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