Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

13: The Chapter about the World – 77
Porāṇam-etaṁ, Atula, netaṁ ajjatanām-iva:
This is something of old, Atula, this is not something of today:
nindanti tuṇhim-āsīnaṁ, nindanti bahubhāṇinaṁ,
they blame the one who sits silently, they blame the one who talks a lot,
mitabhāṇim-pi nindanti, natthi loke anindito. [227]
they blame the one who talks in moderation, there is no one in the world not blamed.
Malitthiyā duccaritaṁ, maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ,
Bad conduct is a woman’s stain, stinginess is a giver’s stain,
malā ve pāpakā dhammā asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [242]
wicked actions are indeed stains both in this world and in the next.
Yo pāṇam-atipāteti, musāvādañ-ca bhāsati,
Whoever kills a living being, and speaks a word that is not true,
loke adinnaṁ ādiyati, paradārañ-ca gacchati, [246]
takes what is not given here, and goes to another’s wife,
surāmerayapānañ-ca yo naro anuyuñjati,
that person who is devoted to a drink of liquor and wine,
idhevam-eso lokasmiṁ mūlaṁ khaṇati attano. [247]
digs up his own root right here in the world.
Yodha puññañ-ca pāpañ-ca bāhetvā brahmacar i yavā,
* If he is one who lives the holy life here, warding off both merit and demerit,
saṅkhāya loke carati sa ce, bhikkhū ti vuccati. [267]
and wanders with discrimination in the world, that one is said to be a monastic.
Pāpāni parivajjeti sa munī tena so muni,
The seer who rejects wicked deeds through that is (considered) a seer,
yo munāti ubho loke muni tena pavuccati. [269]
whoever understands both worlds because of that is said to be a seer.