LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA

BALA WAGGAYA (5:3)

PALI:
PUTTA M' ATTHI DHANAMM 'ATHTHI
ITI BALO VIHANNATI
ATTA HI ATTANO NATI
KUTO PUTTA KUTO DANAM?

MEANING:
"Sons have I, wealth have I",
thus the fool is fruitful.
He himself is not his own,
how then are sons, how wealth?