DHAMMAPADA XVIII, 5

Syair 239

Dengan latihan berangsur-angsur, dari saat ke saat dan sedikit demi sedikit, hendaklah orang bijaksana membersihkan noda-noda yang ada dalam dirinya, bagaikan pandai emas membersihkan perak yang berkarat.

Wong kang wicaksana mbrantas reregeding dhirine kanthi tlaten ing saben wanci, ajeg saka sethithik, kaya kemasan ngresiki perak saka rereged.

Let a wise man blow off the impurities of himself, as a smith blows off the impurities of silver, one by one, little by little, and from time to time.

anupubbena medhvi

thoka thoka khane khane

kammro rajatasseva

niddhame malamattano

Sumber:

Kitab Suci DHAMMAPADA, Bodhimandala Rumah Suci (Surabaya), Bodhimandala Sanggar Suci (Lawang), 1989

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