DHAMMAPADA XXII, 10

Syair 315

Bagaikan benteng perbatasan yang dijaga kuat di dalam dan di luar, begitu juga seharusnya engkau menjaga dirimu, setiap saat waspada. Janganlah membiarkan kesempatan (dalam kalpa/era ajaran Sang Buddha) berlalu, karena mereka yang melepaskan kesempatan ini akan menderita di neraka.

Kayadene tapel wates sawijining negara kang ing njaba lan njerone dijaga kanthi santosa, mangkono uga sayogyane kowe ngreksa dhiri-mu; sarta aja mbuwang kalamangsa kang becik iki. Awit kang padha mbebecer kalamangsa iki bakal banget sedhihe samangsa tumitah ing alam neraka.

Like a well-guarded frontier fort, with defences within and without, so let a man guard himself. Not a moment should escape, for they who allow the right moment to pass, suffer pain when they are in hell.

nagara yath paccanta

gutta santarabhira

eva gopetha attna

khano ve m upaccag

khantt hi socanti

nirayamhi samappit

Sumber:

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

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