Brāhmaṇavagga · The Brahmin · Gāthā 405

Yo ve silena sampanno, adantena damena ca; Uddharattānaṃ sīlena, sīlaṃ tassa na hīyati.

Yo ve silena sampanno, adantena damena ca; uddharattānaṃ sīlena, sīlaṃ tassa na hīyati.

Who is complete in virtue, through self-discipline; having elevated the self with virtue, one’s virtue does not decay.

Sīlena sampanno — complete in virtue (sīla). Virtue is not repression, it is completeness. One who has sīla does not act from deficiency.

Adantena damena — with self-mastery of what is untamed. Discipline (dama) domesticates what was wild in oneself.