Patna Dhammapada, Patna Dhamma Verses

Patna Dharmapada - 152
[297 ≈ Dhp 176]
Ekadhammam atītassa, muṣāvādissa jantuno,
For the person speaking falsely, who has transgressed in this one thing,
vitinnaparalokassa, nāsti pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ.
who has abandoned the next world, there is no wickedness left undone.
Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa, musāvādissa jantuno,
For the person speaking falsely, who has transgressed in this one thing,
vitiṇṇaparalokassa, natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ.
who has abandoned the next world, there is no wickedness left undone.
[298 ≈ Jā 331.2]
Na hi śastaṁ suniśitaṁ, viṣaṁ hālāhalaṁ tathā,
For not a well-sharpened sword, (or) even deadly poison,
evaṁ khipraṁ atipāteti vācā dubbhāṣitā yathā.
destroy quite as quickly as words that are badly spoken.
Na hi satthaṁ sunisitaṁ, visaṁ halāhalaṁ iva,
For not a well-sharpened sword, (or) even 106 deadly poison,
evaṁ nikaṭṭhe pāteti vācā dubbhāsitā yathā.
make one fall quite so low as words that are badly spoken.
[299 ≈ Sn 3.10 v.1]
Puruṣassa jāyamānassa kuṭhārī jāyate mukhe,
For with the birth of a man an axe is born in his mouth,
yāya chindati āttānaṁ vācaṁ dubbhāṣitaṁ bhaṇaṁ.
with which he cuts himself speaking a word that is badly spoken.
Purisassa hi jātassa kuṭhāri jāyate mukhe,
For with the birth of a man an axe is born in his mouth,
yāya chindati attānaṁ bālo dubbhāsitaṁ bhaṇaṁ.
with which a fool cuts himself speaking (a word) that is badly spoken.
106
Reading iva = eva, m.c.