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> - 50<br />
[17 ≈ Dhp 26]<br />
⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
pramādam anuyuñjanti bālā dummedhino janā |<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
apramādan tu 46 medhāvī dhanaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ va rakkhati ||<br />
⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
pamādam anuyuñjanti bālā dummedhino janā,<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
appamādañ ca medhāvī dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁ va rakkhati.<br />
[18 ≈ Dhp 29]<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
apramatto pramattesu suttesu bahujāgaro |<br />
⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
abalāśśam va śīghrāśśo hettā 47 yāti sumedhaso ||<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
appamatto pamattesu suttesu bahujāgaro,<br />
⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
abalassaṁ va sīghasso hitvā yāti sumedhaso.<br />
[19 ≈ Dhp 28]<br />
⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
pramādam apramādena yadā nudati paṇḍito |<br />
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
praṁñāprāsādam āruyha aśoko śokiniṁ prajāṁ |<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
parvvataṭṭho va bhoma ’ṭṭhe 48 dhīro bāle avecchati ||<br />
⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
pamādaṁ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito,<br />
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
paññāpāsādam āruyha asoko sokiniṁ pajaṁ,<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
pabbataṭṭho va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.<br />
46 <strong>Patna</strong> distinguishes the disjunctive tu as in Sanskrit, which has been assimilated to ca in Pāḷi.<br />
47 This illustrates the short form of the absolutive in <strong>Patna</strong>, which has the ending -ttā (see also e.g.<br />
vijettā 247a; chettā 361c; pramajjittā 20a; vidittā 134a; acarittā 229a; adhiṣṭhihittā 350b;<br />
viśodhayittā 410b; nyāttā 15a; ñāttā 34c; pāttā 348a).<br />
48 Read bhomaṭṭhe.
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