Patna Dharmapada
An edition of the Patna Dharmapada by Margaret Cone with parallels from the Pāli Dhammapada, a study of the prosody, an analysis of the metre and several indexes.
An edition of the Patna Dharmapada by Margaret Cone with parallels from the Pāli Dhammapada, a study of the prosody, an analysis of the metre and several indexes.
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<strong>Patna</strong> <strong>Dharmapada</strong> - 106<br />
11: Bāla<br />
Bālavaggo<br />
[174 ≈ Dhp 66]<br />
⏑−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā / 9 syllables<br />
caranti bālā dummedhā amitteṇa-r-iva āttanā 194 |<br />
⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ 195 ||<br />
⏑−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā<br />
caranti bālā dummedhā amitteneva attanā,<br />
⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.<br />
[175 ≈ Dhp 67]<br />
⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
kathañ ca taṁ kare kaṁmaṁ yaṁ kattā anutappati |<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
yassa aṁśumukho rodaṁ vipākaṁ paṭisevati ||<br />
⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu yaṁ katvā anutappati,<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
yassa assumukho rodaṁ vipākaṁ paṭisevati.<br />
[176 ≈ Dhp 68]<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
taṁ ca kaṁmaṁ kataṁ sādhu yaṁ kattā nānutappati |<br />
−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā<br />
yassa pratīto 196 sumano vipākaṁ paṭisevati ||<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
tañ ca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu yaṁ katvā nānutappati,<br />
−⏑⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā<br />
yassa patīto sumano vipākaṁ paṭisevati.<br />
194 This line has 9 syllables, we should no doubt read amitteneva as in the Pāḷi to correct the metre.<br />
195 -pph- here is m.c. to give the normal cadence.<br />
196 I count pr- here as making position to avoid 2 light syllables in 2nd and 3rd positions.
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