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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 209–220
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Piyavagga
16. The Beloved
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Tayojanapabbajitavatthu
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Ayoge yuñjamattānaṁ,
Applying yourself where you ought not,
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yogasmiñca ayojayaṁ;
neglecting what you should be doing,
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Atthaṁ hitvā piyaggāhī,
forgetting your goal, you cling to what you hold dear,
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pihetattānuyoginaṁ.
jealous of those devoted to their heart’s goal.
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Mā piyehi samāgañchi,
Don’t ever get too close
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appiyehi kudācanaṁ;
to those you like or dislike.
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Piyānaṁ adassanaṁ dukkhaṁ,
For not seeing the liked is suffering,
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appiyānañca dassanaṁ.
and so is seeing the disliked.
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Tasmā piyaṁ na kayirātha,
Therefore don’t hold anything dear,
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piyāpāyo hi pāpako;
for it’s bad to lose those you love.
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Ganthā tesaṁ na vijjanti,
No ties are found in they who
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yesaṁ natthi piyāppiyaṁ.
hold nothing loved or loathed.
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Aññatarakuṭumbikavatthu
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Piyato jāyatī soko,
Sorrow springs from what we hold dear,
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piyato jāyatī bhayaṁ;
fear springs from what we hold dear;
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Piyato vippamuttassa,
one free from holding anything dear
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natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ.
has no sorrow, let alone fear.
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Pemato jāyatī soko,
Sorrow springs from attachment,
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pemato jāyatī bhayaṁ;
fear springs from attachment;
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Pemato vippamuttassa,
one free from attachment
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natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ.
has no sorrow, let alone fear.
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Ratiyā jāyatī soko,
Sorrow springs from relishing,
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ratiyā jāyatī bhayaṁ;
fear springs from relishing;
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Ratiyā vippamuttassa,
one free from relishing
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natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ.
has no sorrow, let alone fear.
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Anitthigandhakumāravatthu
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Kāmato jāyatī soko,
Sorrow springs from desire,
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kāmato jāyatī bhayaṁ;
fear springs from desire;
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Kāmato vippamuttassa,
one free from desire
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natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ.
has no sorrow, let alone fear.
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Taṇhāya jāyatī soko,
Sorrow springs from craving,
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taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṁ;
fear springs from craving;
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Taṇhāya vippamuttassa,
one free from craving
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natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ.
has no sorrow, let alone fear.
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Sīladassanasampannaṁ,
One accomplished in virtue and vision,
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dhammaṭṭhaṁ saccavedinaṁ;
firmly principled, and truthful,
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Attano kamma kubbānaṁ,
doing oneself what ought be done:
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taṁ jano kurute piyaṁ.
that’s who the people love.
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Chandajāto anakkhāte,
One eager to realize the ineffable
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Manasā ca phuṭo siyā;
would be filled with awareness.
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Kāmesu ca appaṭibaddhacitto,
Their mind not bound to pleasures of sense,
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Uddhaṁsototi vuccati.
they’re said to be heading upstream.
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Cirappavāsiṁ purisaṁ,
When a man returns safely
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dūrato sotthimāgataṁ;
after a long time spent abroad,
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Ñātimittā suhajjā ca,
family, friends, and loved ones
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abhinandanti āgataṁ.
celebrate his return.
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Tatheva katapuññampi,
Just so, when one who has done good
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asmā lokā paraṁ gataṁ;
goes from this world to the next,
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Puññāni paṭigaṇhanti,
their good deeds receive them there,
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piyaṁ ñātīva āgataṁ.
as family welcomes home one they love.
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