Dhammapada Verse 1.11-12

Sanskrit Verse

असारे सारमतयः सारे चासारदर्शिनः । ते सारं नाधिगच्छन्ति मिथ्यासङ्कल्पगोचराः ॥

सारं च सारतो ज्ञात्वा असारं च असारतः । ते सारं अधिगच्छन्ति सम्यक्-सङ्कल्प-गोचराः ॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

Finding the essential in the unessential, and perceiving the unessential in the essential, they do not understand what is the essential, and resort to wrong intention.

Knowing the essential in what is essential, and the unessential in what is unessential, they understand what is essential, and resort to right intention.