Daily Words of the Buddha for July 03, 2020

Pāli Word a Day for July 03, 2020
jaggati — to watch, to lie awake, to watch over, i. e. to tend, to nourish, rear, bring up

Yo sahassaṃ sahassena
saṅgāme mānuse jine,
ekañca jeyyamattānaṃ
sa ve saṅgāmajuttamo.

Though one may conquer
a thousand times a thousand people in battle,
yet one indeed is the noblest victor
who conquers oneself.

Dhammapada 10.103
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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