Dhammapada - Chapter 12 (excerpt): Attavagga - Self

A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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One truly is the protector of oneself,
Indeed who else could the protector be? 160
Being well tamed just by oneself,
one gains the protector that is hard to gain.

Indeed the evil done by oneself,
self borne, self-begotten; 161
crushes that foolish one,
as a diamond to a gem made of stone.

attā hi attano nātho,
kohi nātho paro siyā; 160
attanā'va sudantena,
nāthaṃ labhati dullabhaṃ.

attanā'va kataṃ pāpaṃ,
attajaṃ attasambhavaṃ; 161
abhimatthati dummedhaṃ,
vajiraṃ'vasmamayaṃ maṇiṃ.