Patna Dharmapada

Patna Dharmapada - 124
[226 ≈ Dhp 364, Bhikkhuvaggo]
−−−−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
dhaṁmārāmo dhaṁmarato dhaṁmaṁ anuvicintayaṁ |
−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
dhammaṁ anussaraṁ bhikkhū dhammā na parihāyati ||
−−−−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
dhammārāmo dhammarato dhammaṁ anuvicintayaṁ,
−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
dhammaṁ anussaraṁ bhikkhu saddhammā na parihāyati.
[227 ≈ Tha 303]
−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−,⏑−¦⏑⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 4
dhammo have rakkhati dhammacārī dhammo sucinno sukhāya dahāti 241 |
−−⏑−¦−,−¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
esānuśaṁso dhamme sucinne 242 na doggatiṁ gacchati dhammacārī ||
−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
dhammo have rakkhati dhammacāriṁ dhammo suciṇṇo sukham āvahāti
−−⏑−¦−,−¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
esānisaṁso dhamme suciṇṇe na duggatiṁ gacchati dhammacārī
[228 cf. Tha 303]
−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−,⏑−¦⏑⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 4
dhammo have rakkhati brahmacārī dhammo sucinno sukhāya dahāti |
−−⏑−¦−,−¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
esā ’nuśaṁso dhamme sucinne na doggatiṁ gacchati 243 brahmacārī ||
−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
dhammo have rakkhati dhammacāriṁ dhammo suciṇṇo sukham āvahāti
−−⏑−¦−,−¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
esānisaṁso dhamme suciṇṇe na duggatiṁ gacchati dhammacārī
241 The metre in the cadence is very wrong here and there is either a scribal error, or a fault of the
transmission of the verse.
242 Replacement of two light syllables by one heavy one has taken place at the 6th here. The Pāḷi
verse has the same phenomenon.
243 Text reads: gacchati. Cone’s note reads: ccha is repeated by mistake at the beginning of
the line, 13 A ii.