Dhammapada

	DHAMMAPADA XXII, 3
	Syair 308

Lebih baik menelan bola besi membara bagaikan api berkobar daripada menjadi orang berkelakuan buruk dan tidak terkendali tetapi menikmati makanan pemberian orang-orang.

Luwih becik ngulu bal-wesi mengangah, tinimbang karo wong kang kalakuwane ala sarta ora bisa ngandhaleni dhiri, kang mangane tansah njagakake peparinge liyan.

Better it would be to swallow a heated iron ball, like flaring fire, than a bad unrestrained fellow should live on the charity of the land.

seyyo ayogulo bhutto

tatto aggisikhpamo

yañ ce bhuñjeyya dusslo

ratthapinda asaññato

Sumber:

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