Brāhmaṇavagga · The Brahmin · Gāthā 404

Yo ceva brāhmaṇoti vuccati, so ceva brāhmaṇo hoti; So ceva brāhmaṇoti vuccati, na ca brāhmaṇo hoti.

Yo ceva brāhmaṇoti vuccati, so ceva brāhmaṇo hoti; so ceva brāhmaṇoti vuccati, na ca brāhmaṇo hoti.

Who is called Brahman, is Brahman; who is called Brahman, is not Brahman by that.

The last of the series of verses on name and reality. Affirmation and negation coexist: called ≠ being.

The Dhammapada uses this dialectical structure frequently: affirming and negating to point beyond words.