Dhammapada Verse 2.5

Sanskrit Verse

उत्थानेनाऽप्रमादेन संयमेन दमेन च । द्वीपं कुर्वन्ति मेधावी यं ओघो नाभिकिरति ॥ ५॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

By effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.