Dhammapada Verses 11 and 12: Essential and Unessential

Dhammapada verse(s) in Pali:

Verse 11
asāre sāramatino, sāre cāsāradassino.
te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā.

Verse 12
sārañca sārato ñatvā, asārañca asārato.
te sāraṃ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā.

English translation of verse(s):

Verse 11
Those who mistake the unessential to be essential and the essential to be unessential, dwelling in wrong thoughts, never arrive at the essential.

Verse 12
Those who know the essential to be essential and the unessential to be unessential, dwelling in right thoughts, do arrive at the essential.

(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)

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