Ayasāva malaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ

tatuṭṭhāya tameva khādati,

evaṃ atidhonacārinaṃ

sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṃ.

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Just as rust arising from iron

eats away the base from which it arises,

even so, their own deeds

lead transgressors to states of woe.

Dhammapada 18.240

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The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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