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Sanskrit
Adverb
कदाचन • (kadācana)
- Alternative form of कदा चन (kadā cana, “kadắ caná”)
(Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:5. න හි වෛරෙණ වෛරාණී ශාම්යන්තීහ කදාචන
ක්ෂාන්ත්යා වෛරාණී ශම්යන්ති එෂ ධර්මඃ සනාතනඃ.- 5. Na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
Kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ. - 5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal truth. - (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This truth is eternal.”)