DHAMMAPADA XIX, 2

Syair 257

Ia yang membimbing orang lain dengan tidak tergesa-gesa, melainkan bersikap benar dan adil, orang pandai yang menjaga kebenaran itu disebut orang adil.

Dheweke kang ngadili wong liya kanthi satimbang sarta ora grusa-guru; wong kang mangkono iku patut sinebut wong adil.

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.

ashasena dhammena

samena nayati pare

dhammassa gutto medhv

dhammattho ti pavuccati

Sumber:

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

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