Patna Dhammapada, Patna Dhamma Verses
A text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India, together with parallels.
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 - 25<br />
[31 ≈ Dhp 167]<br />
Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyā, pramādena na samvase,<br />
One should not follow lowly things, one should not abide heedlessly,<br />
one should not follow a wrong view, one should not foster worldliness.<br />
Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya, pamādena na saṁvase,<br />
One should not follow lowly things, one should not abide heedlessly,<br />
micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya, na siyā lokavaḍḍhano.<br />
one should not follow a wrong view, one should not foster worldliness.<br />
[32 ≈ Dhp 259]<br />
Na tāvatā <strong>Dhamma</strong>dharo yāvatā bahu bhāṣati,<br />
One is not a <strong>Dhamma</strong>-bearer merely through speaking much,<br />
yo tu appam pi sottāna, <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ kāyena phassaye,<br />
but the one who, having heard a little, would see <strong>Dhamma</strong> for himself,<br />
sa ve <strong>Dhamma</strong>dharo hoti, yo Dhamme na pramajjati.<br />
is one who bears <strong>Dhamma</strong>, the one who is not heedless regarding <strong>Dhamma</strong>.<br />
Na tāvatā <strong>Dhamma</strong>dharo yāvatā bahu bhāsati,<br />
One is not a <strong>Dhamma</strong>-bearer merely through speaking much,<br />
yo ca appam-pi sutvāna, <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ kāyena passati,<br />
but the one who, having heard a little, sees <strong>Dhamma</strong> for himself,<br />
sa ve <strong>Dhamma</strong>dharo hoti, yo <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ nappamajjati.<br />
is one who bears <strong>Dhamma</strong>, the one who is not heedless regarding <strong>Dhamma</strong>.
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