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Patna Dhammapada, Patna Dhamma Verses

A text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India, together with parallels.

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<strong>Patna</strong> Dharmapada - 140<br />

[271-272 ≈ Dhp 271-272]<br />

Na hi śīlavrateneva, bāhuśoccena vā puna,<br />

Not even through virtue or vows, or again through great learning,<br />

atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittaśayanena vā,<br />

or through the attainment of concentration, or through a secluded dwelling,<br />

do we attain the happiness of renunciation, not practised by worldly people;<br />

bhikkhū viśśāsa’ māpādi aprāpyāsavakkhayaṁ.<br />

let a monastic not be confident (as long as) the destruction of the pollutants is unattained.<br />

Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana,<br />

Not merely through virtue or vows, or through great learning,<br />

atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā,<br />

or through the attainment of concentration, or through a secluded dwelling,<br />

phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, aputhujjanasevitaṁ;<br />

do I attain the happiness of renunciation, not practised by worldly people;<br />

bhikkhu vissāsa’ māpādi appatto āsavakkhayaṁ.<br />

let a monastic not be confident (as long as) the destruction of the pollutants is unattained.<br />

[273 ≈ Ud-v 4.13]<br />

Nāyaṁ pramajjituṁ kālo, ’prāpyāsavakkhayaṁ,<br />

This is not the time to be heedless, while the destruction of the pollutants is unattained,<br />

heedless he follows suffering, like the mother of deer (follows) the lion.<br />

Nāyaṁ pramādakālaḥ, syād aprāpte hy āsravakṣaye,<br />

This is not the time to be heedless, perhaps the destruction of the pollutants is unattained,<br />

heedless he follows Māra, like the mother of deer (follows) the lion.

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