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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 235–255
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Paṇḍupalāsova dānisi,
Today you’re like a withered leaf,
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Yamapurisāpi ca te upaṭṭhitā;
Yama’s men await you.
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Uyyogamukhe ca tiṭṭhasi,
You stand at the departure gates,
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Pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati.
yet you have no supplies for the road.
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So karohi dīpamattano,
Make an island of yourself!
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Khippaṁ vāyama paṇḍito bhava;
Swiftly strive, learn to be wise!
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Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo,
Purged of stains, flawless,
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Dibbaṁ ariyabhūmiṁ upehisi.
you’ll go to the heavenly realm of the noble ones.
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Upanītavayo ca dānisi,
You’ve journeyed the stages of life,
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Sampayātosi yamassa santikaṁ;
and now you set out to meet Yama.
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Vāso te natthi antarā,
Along the way there’s nowhere to stay,
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Pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati.
yet you have no supplies for the road.
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So karohi dīpamattano,
Make an island of yourself!
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Khippaṁ vāyama paṇḍito bhava;
Swiftly strive, learn to be wise!
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Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo,
Purged of stains, flawless,
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Na punaṁ jātijaraṁ upehisi.
you’ll not come again to rebirth and old age.
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Anupubbena medhāvī,
A smart person would purge
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thokaṁ thokaṁ khaṇe khaṇe;
their own stains gradually,
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Kammāro rajatasseva,
bit by bit, moment by moment,
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niddhame malamattano.
like a smith smelting silver.
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Ayasāva malaṁ samuṭṭhitaṁ,
It is the rust born on the iron
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Tatuṭṭhāya tameva khādati;
that eats away the place it arose.
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Evaṁ atidhonacārinaṁ,
And so it is their own deeds
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Sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṁ.
that lead the overly-ascetic to a bad place.
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Asajjhāyamalā mantā,
Not rehearsing is the stain of hymns.
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anuṭṭhānamalā gharā;
The stain of houses is neglect.
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Malaṁ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ,
Laziness is the stain of beauty.
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pamādo rakkhato malaṁ.
A guard’s stain is negligence.
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Aññatarakulaputtavatthu
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Malitthiyā duccaritaṁ,
Misconduct is a woman’s stain.
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maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ;
A giver’s stain is stinginess.
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Malā ve pāpakā dhammā,
Bad qualities are a stain
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asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.
in this world and the next.
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Tato malā malataraṁ,
But a worse stain than these
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avijjā paramaṁ malaṁ;
is ignorance, the worst stain of all.
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Etaṁ malaṁ pahantvāna,
Having given up that stain,
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nimmalā hotha bhikkhavo.
be without stains, mendicants!
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Sujīvaṁ ahirikena,
Life is easy for the shameless.
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kākasūrena dhaṁsinā;
With all the rude courage of a crow,
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Pakkhandinā pagabbhena,
they live pushy,
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saṅkiliṭṭhena jīvitaṁ.
rude, and corrupt.
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Hirīmatā ca dujjīvaṁ,
Life is hard for the conscientious,
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niccaṁ sucigavesinā;
always seeking purity,
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Alīnenāppagabbhena,
neither clinging nor rude,
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suddhājīvena passatā.
pure of livelihood and discerning.
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Yo pāṇamatipāteti,
Take anyone in this world
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musāvādañca bhāsati;
who kills living creatures,
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Loke adinnamādiyati,
speaks falsely, steals,
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paradārañca gacchati.
commits adultery,
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Surāmerayapānañca,
and indulges in drinking
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yo naro anuyuñjati;
beer and wine.
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Idheva meso lokasmiṁ,
Right here they dig up
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mūlaṁ khaṇati attano.
the root of their own self.
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Evaṁ bho purisa jānāhi,
Know this, my friend:
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pāpadhammā asaññatā;
they are unrestrained and wicked.
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Mā taṁ lobho adhammo ca,
Don’t let that greed and unrighteousness
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ciraṁ dukkhāya randhayuṁ.
inflict pain on you for long.
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Dadāti ve yathāsaddhaṁ,
The people give according to their faith,
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yathāpasādanaṁ jano;
according to their confidence.
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Tattha yo ca maṅku bhavati,
If you get upset over that,
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paresaṁ pānabhojane;
over other’s food and drink,
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Na so divā vā rattiṁ vā,
you’ll not, by day or by night,
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samādhimadhigacchati.
become immersed in samādhi.
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Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ,
Those who have cut that out,
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mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ;
dug it up at the root, eradicated it,
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Sa ve divā vā rattiṁ vā,
they will, by day or by night,
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samādhimadhigacchati.
become immersed in samādhi.
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Natthi rāgasamo aggi,
There is no fire like greed,
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natthi dosasamo gaho;
no crime like hate,
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Natthi mohasamaṁ jālaṁ,
no net like delusion,
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natthi taṇhāsamā nadī.
no river like craving.
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Sudassaṁ vajjamaññesaṁ,
It’s easy to see the faults of others,
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attano pana duddasaṁ;
hard to see one’s own.
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Paresaṁ hi so vajjāni,
For the faults of others
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opunāti yathā bhusaṁ;
are tossed high like hay,
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Attano pana chādeti,
while one’s own are hidden,
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kaliṁva kitavā saṭho.
as a cheat hides a bad hand.
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Ujjhānasaññittheravatthu
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Paravajjānupassissa,
When you look for the flaws of others,
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niccaṁ ujjhānasaññino;
always finding fault,
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Āsavā tassa vaḍḍhanti,
your defilements only grow,
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ārā so āsavakkhayā.
you’re far from ending defilements.
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Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu
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Ākāseva padaṁ natthi,
In the atmosphere there is no track,
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samaṇo natthi bāhire;
there’s no true ascetic outside here.
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Papañcābhiratā pajā,
People enjoy proliferation,
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nippapañcā tathāgatā.
the Realized Ones are free of proliferation.
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Ākāseva padaṁ natthi,
In the atmosphere there is no track,
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samaṇo natthi bāhire;
there’s no true ascetic outside here.
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Saṅkhārā sassatā natthi,
No conditions last forever,
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natthi buddhānamiñjitaṁ.
the Awakened Ones are not shaken.
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