Patna Dharmapada

Patna Dharmapada - 95
[143 ≈ Dhp 345]
⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 4
na taṁ dṛḍhaṁ bandhanam āhu dhīrā yad āyasaṁ dārujaṁ babbajaṁ vā |
−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu putresu dāresu ca yā apekhā ||
⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
na taṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanam āhu dhīrā yad āyasaṁ dārujaṁ pabbajañ ca,
−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑,−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu puttesu dāresu ca yā apekhā.
[144 ≈ Dhp 346]
−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 4
etaṁ dṛḍhaṁ bandhanam āhu dhīrā ohārimaṁ sukhumaṁ dupramuñcaṁ |
−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
etappi chettāna vrajanti 166 santo anapekhino sabbadukhaṁ 167 prahāya ||
−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
etaṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanam āhu dhīrā ohārinaṁ sithilaṁ duppamuñcaṁ,
−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
etam pi chetvāna paribbajanti anapekkhino kāmasukhaṁ pahāya.
[145 ≈ Dhp 186, Buddhavaggo]
⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na kāhāpaṇavāsena ttrettī kāmesu vijjati |
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
appāssādā dukhā 168 kāmā iti viṁñāya paṇḍito 169 ||
⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
na kahāpaṇavassena titti kāmesu vijjati,
−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
appassādā dukhā kāmā iti viññāya paṇḍito,
166 I count vr- as not making position here, which is necessary to avoid the heavy sixth syllable.
167 -kh- is m.c. to avoid a heavy 6th syllable.
168 -kh- is m.c. to give the pathyā cadence.
169 This line is missing in the printed edition. The missing text has been kindly supplied to me by
Prof. K.R. Norman. These verses are very unusual syntactically in the old texts as the subject of
the second verse occurs at the end of the first, which is rarely seen.