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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 306–319
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Sundarīparibbājikāvatthu
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Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti,
A liar goes to hell,
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Yo vāpi katvā na karomi cāha;
as does one who denies what they did.
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Ubhopi te pecca samā bhavanti,
Both are equal in the hereafter,
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Nihīnakammā manujā parattha.
those men of base deeds.
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Duccaritaphalapīḷitavatthu
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Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo,
Many who wear a scrap of ocher cloth
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pāpadhammā asaññatā;
are unrestrained and wicked.
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Pāpā pāpehi kammehi,
Being wicked, they are reborn in hell
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nirayaṁ te upapajjare.
due to their bad deeds.
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Vaggumudātīriyabhikkhuvatthu
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Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto,
It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained
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tatto aggisikhūpamo;
to eat an iron ball,
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Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo,
scorching, like a burning flame,
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raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato.
than to eat the nation’s alms.
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Khemakaseṭṭhiputtavatthu
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Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto,
Four things befall a heedless man
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Āpajjati paradārūpasevī;
who sleeps with another’s wife:
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Apuññalābhaṁ na nikāmaseyyaṁ,
wickedness, poor sleep,
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Nindaṁ tatīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ.
ill-repute, and rebirth in hell.
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Apuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā,
He accrues wickedness and is reborn in a bad place,
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Bhītassa bhītāya ratī ca thokikā;
all so a frightened couple <j>may snatch a moment’s pleasure,
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Rājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ paṇeti,
for which rulers impose a heavy punishment.
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Tasmā naro paradāraṁ na seve.
That’s why a man should not <j>sleep with another’s wife.
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Kuso yathā duggahito,
When kusa grass is wrongly grasped
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hatthamevānukantati;
it only cuts the hand.
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Sāmaññaṁ dupparāmaṭṭhaṁ,
So too, the ascetic life, when wrongly taken,
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nirayāyupakaḍḍhati.
drags you to hell.
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Yaṁ kiñci sithilaṁ kammaṁ,
Any lax act,
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saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṁ vataṁ;
any corrupt observance,
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Saṅkassaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ,
or suspicious spiritual life,
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na taṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ.
is not very fruitful.
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Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ,
If one is to do what should be done,
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daḷhamenaṁ parakkame;
one should staunchly strive.
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Sithilo hi paribbājo,
For the life gone forth when laxly led
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bhiyyo ākirate rajaṁ.
just stirs up dust all the more.
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Akataṁ dukkaṭaṁ seyyo,
A bad deed is better left undone,
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pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṁ;
for it will plague you later on.
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Katañca sukataṁ seyyo,
A good deed is better done,
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yaṁ katvā nānutappati.
one that does not plague you.
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Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ,
As a frontier city
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guttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;
is guarded inside and out,
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Evaṁ gopetha attānaṁ,
so you should ward yourselves—
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khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;
don’t let the moment pass you by.
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Khaṇātītā hi socanti,
For if you miss your moment
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nirayamhi samappitā.
you’ll grieve when sent to hell.
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Alajjitāye lajjanti,
Unashamed of what is shameful,
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lajjitāye na lajjare;
ashamed of what is not shameful;
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Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
beings who uphold wrong view
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sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
go to a bad place.
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Abhaye bhayadassino,
Seeing danger where there is none,
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bhaye cābhayadassino;
and blind to the actual danger,
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Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
beings who uphold wrong view
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sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
go to a bad place.
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Avajje vajjamatino,
Seeing fault where there is none,
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vajje cāvajjadassino;
and blind to the actual fault,
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Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
beings who uphold wrong view
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sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
go to a bad place.
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Vajjañca vajjato ñatvā,
Knowing a fault as a fault
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avajjañca avajjato;
and the faultless as faultless,
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Sammādiṭṭhisamādānā,
beings who uphold right view
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sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.
go to a good place.
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Nirayavaggo dvāvīsatimo.
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