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a: An unchaste life is the blemish of a woman;

niggardliness is the taint of a donor;

impurities are indeed evils

in this world and the next. (Dhammapada, 242)

(문맥) blemish=taint=impurity

b: Unchastity is the taint in a woman;

niggardliness is the taint in a giver.

Taints, indeed, are all evils things

both in this world and the next.

c: Sexual misconduct is the stain of a woman;

stinginess is the stain of a giver;

evil ways are indeed stains

in this world as well as in the next.

(어구) an unchaste life=unchastity=sexual misconduct.

blemish=taint=stain=impurity. niggardliness=stinginess. donor=giver

부정(不貞)은 여자의 때고, 인색은 주는 이의 때며,

때는 모두 나쁜 것이다, 이 세상에서나 다음 세상에서나. (법구경, 242)

→ Overcome the miser by generosity. (Dhammapada, 223)

주기 아까워하는 사람은 아낌없이 주어 극복하라. (법구경, 223)

miserly=niggardly=stingy