DHAMMAPADA 
I39 
 
He, void of temperance, and truth, from guilt, impurity, and 
sin 
Not free, the poor and golden robe he hath no worth to 
clothe therein. * 
 
Regarding temperance and truth, from guilt, impurity, and 
sin 
Freed, he the poor and golden robe indeed hath worth to 
clothe therein. 
 
They who see falsehood in the Truth, imagine Truth to lurk 
in lies, 
Never arrive to know the Truth, but follow eager vanities. 
 
To whom in Truth the Truth is known, Falsehood in 
falsehood doth appear, 
To them the Path of Truth is shewn ; right aspirations are 
their sphere ! 
 
An ill-thatched house is open to the mercy of the rain and 
wind. 
So passion hath the power to break into an unreflecting 
mind. 
 
A well-thatched house is proof against the fury of the rain 
and wind. 
So passion hath no power to break into a rightly-ordered 
mind. 
* Alternative reading !— 
Who is not free from dirty taint, and temperate and truthful ain’t, 
He should not wear the garment quaint that marks the Arahat of Saint.