Khema the Devaâs Son Khema Sutta (SN 2:22)

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once itâs done, you regret, whose result you reap crying, your face in tears. Itâs good, the doing of the deed that, Â

once itâs done, you donât regret, whose result you reap gratified, happy at heart.2 You should do prudently, right away, what you know is for your own benefit. A thinker, enlightened, you shouldnât strive for the sake of the cart driverâs thinking. Just as a cart driver who—having left the smoothed,3 even highway, and climbed onto an uneven path— his axle broken, broods; in the same way, a fool—having departed from Dhamma to follow non-Dhamma, having fallen into the mouth of death— his axle broken, broods." Notes 1. Reading karonti with the Thai edition. 2. These two verses = Dhp 67–68. 3. Reading maṭṭhaṃ with the Burmese edition. The Thai has pasatthaṃ, "recommended," which makes sense, but pasatthaṃ doesnât fit the meter. The PTS edition has panthaṃ, "road." - --> - - - -