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3.4.1 Words Like a Flower*
Just like a beautiful flower that is pleasant to look at but without any fragrance,
In the same way pleasant speech will bear no fruit if one does not act accordingly.
Just like a beautiful flower, pleasant to look and endowed with fragrance,
In the same way, pleasant speech will bear fruit if one acts accordingly.
Just as a heap of flowers could produce many garlands of flowers,
Anyone born as a mortal should perform many wholesome deeds.
* Pupphavaggo: Puppha + vaggo – flower + chapter.
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