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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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26: The Chapter about Brahmins – 352<br />

The one whose destiny is unknown<br />

The youth Vaṅgīsa could tell where anyone had been reborn<br />

by knocking on their skulls; the Buddha set out the skull of an<br />

Arahat before him and he was unable to see where he had<br />

been reborn, so he ordained to learn about it; soon he became<br />

an Arahat himself and the Buddha confirmed he now knew all<br />

about the rebirth of beings.<br />

419. Cutiṁ yo vedi sattānaṁ upapattiñ-ca sabbaso,<br />

asattaṁ sugataṁ buddhaṁ, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.<br />

Whoever knows in ev’ry way<br />

beings’ passing and their rebirth,<br />

unattached, fortunate, awake,<br />

that one I say is a brahmin.<br />

420. Yassa gatiṁ na jānanti devā gandhabbamānusā –<br />

khīṇāsavaṁ Arahantaṁ, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.<br />

For the one whose destiny is<br />

unknown to gods, gandhabbas, men –<br />

pollutant-free, an Arahat,<br />

that one I say is a brahmin.

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