Dhammapada verse(s) in Pali:

Verse 311
kuso yathā duggahito, hatthamevānukantati.
sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ, nirayāyupakaḍḍhati.

Verse 312
yaṃ kiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ, saṃkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ.
saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ, na taṃ hoti mahapphalaṃ.

Verse 313
kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ {kayirā naṃ (ka.)}, daḷhamenaṃ parakkame.
sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

English translation of verse(s):

Verse 311
Just as kusa grass wrongly handled cuts the hand, even so, a recluse’s life wrongly lived drags one to states of woe.

Verse 312
Any loose act, any corrupt observance, any life of questionable celibacy—none of these bear much fruit.

Verse 313
If anything is to be done, let one do it with sustained vigor. A lax monastic life stirs up the dust of passions all the more.

(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)

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Dhammapada Verses 311 - 313: As Grass Cuts the Hand