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> - 52<br />
[23 ≈ Dhp 31]<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− savipulā<br />
apramādagaru bhikkhū pramāde bhayadaṁśino<br />
−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
saṁyojanam aṇutthūlaṁ dahaṁ aggīva gacchati |<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
appamādarato bhikkhu pamāde bhayadassivā,<br />
−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
saṁyojanaṁ aṇuṁ thūlaṁ ḍahaṁ aggīva gacchati.<br />
[24 ≈ Dhp 327, Nāgavaggo]<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
apramādaratā hotha saṁ cittam 51 anurakkhatha ||<br />
−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
duggā uddharathāttānaṁ pake 52 sanno va kuñjaro |<br />
−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−<br />
appamādaratā hotha sacittam anurakkhatha,<br />
−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
duggā uddharathattānaṁ paṅke sanno va kuñjaro.<br />
[25 ≈ Aṅg Bk. 6.30 v. 3]<br />
[−]⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− navipulā<br />
[a]pramāde 53 pramudino nipakā śīlasaṁvṛtā ||<br />
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā<br />
te ve kālena prācchanti 54 yattha prātto na śocati |<br />
−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− navipulā<br />
appamāde pamoditā nipakā sīlasaṁvutā,<br />
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−<br />
te ve kālena paccenti yattha dukkhaṁ nirujjhati.<br />
51 This should be written saṁcittaṁ.<br />
52 Scribal error, read: paṁke.<br />
53 The parallel (unrecorded in Cone’s edition) helps us restore the meaning (and the metre) here;<br />
also in the next verse.<br />
54 I count pr- as not making position to give the pathyā cadence.
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