[1836] Truly, blame can never be wholly avoided;¹⁰
many and various, O lord of the people (janinda), are those with whom one must associate:
by the very same thing one man gains praise,
by that same thing another gains one who blames him.
Variant readings (page apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition; nos. 1–9 pertain to preceding items on the same printed page):
¹ M.: galakāvakantaṃ. ² M.: ime na devā na. ³ M.: atthavasaṃ gatā me. ⁴ Sī., Yu.: ekañca naṃ pātarāse. ⁵ M.: sahassāni dubhāsitāni. ⁶ M.: kimpurisā. ⁷ M.: byāhāsi. ⁸ M.: tvaṃ nāthosi. ⁹ M.: nāthohaṃ. ¹⁰ M.: suparivajjayetha.
(M. = Burmese edition; Sī. = Sinhalese edition; Yu. = European [PTS] edition.)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.