Yamaka Vagga<br />Twin Verses<br />Suffering pursues the evil-doer, as the cart-wheel the hoof of the draught ox .<br />1. Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā Mind precedes all knowables,<br /> manoseṭṭā manomayā mind's their chief, mind-made are they .<br /><br /> manasā ce paduṭṭhena if with a corrupted mind<br /> bhāsati vā karoti vā one should either speak or act<br /> tato naṃ dukkhamanveti dukkha follows caused by that,<br /> cakkaṃ'va vahato padaṃ. (1:1)<br />as does the wheel the ox's hoof .<br />Suffering Follows The Evil-Doer
