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> - 152<br />
[312 ≈ Dhp 157]<br />
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
āttānaṁ ce priyaṁ ñāyyā rakkheyā naṁ surakkhitaṁ |<br />
−⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−,−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− 9 syllables<br />
ttiṇṇam añataraṁ yāmānaṁ 315 paṭijāggreya 316 paṇḍito ||<br />
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
attānañ ce piyaṁ jaññā rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
tiṇṇam aññataraṁ yāmaṁ paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.<br />
[313 ≈ Dhp 305, Pakiṇṇakavaggo]<br />
−−⏑−¦−⏑−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− ravipulā<br />
ekāsanaṁ ekaśeyaṁ ekacar i yām atandrito |<br />
−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
eko ramayam āttānaṁ vanānte ramitā siyā ||<br />
−−⏑−¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− ravipulā<br />
ekāsanaṁ ekaseyyaṁ eko caram atandito<br />
−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
eko damayam attānaṁ vanante ramito siyā.<br />
315 There are 9 syllables in this line, and the 2nd and 3rd are light which is normally avoided. If<br />
aña- is not a mistake then we could take the syllable as resolved - but we would only gain a<br />
malformed mavipulā.<br />
316 -ă is m.c. to give the normal cadence.
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