DHAMMAPADA XIX, 1

Syair 256

Ia yang memutuskan segala sesuatu dengan tergesa-gesa dan sewenang-wenang tidak dapat dikatakan sebagai orang yang adil. Orang bijaksana hendaknya memeriksa yang benar dan yang salah serta memberi bimbingan.

Dheweke kang netepake sawijining parakara sarana grusa-grusu, ora patut disebut adil. Wong kang wicaksana kudune nliti dhisik endi kang luput lan endi kang bener.

A man is not just if he carries a matter by violence; no, he who distinguishes both right and wrong, who is learned and guides others, not by violence, but by the same law, being a guardian of the law and intelligent, he is called just.

na tena hoti dhammattho

yenattha sahas naye

yo ca attha anatthań ca

ubho niccheyya pandito

Sumber:

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

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