Patna Dhammapada, Patna Dhamma Verses

Patna Dharmapada - 28
[37 ≈ Ud-v 33.8; 37ab ≈ Dhp 393ab]
Na jaṭāhi na gotreṇa, na jāccā hoti brāhmaṇo,
Not because of matted hair, family or birth is one a true brahmin,
yo tu bāhati pāpāni, aṇutthūlāni sabbaśo,
he who wards off wickedness, small or great, in every way,
bāhanā eva pāpānāṁ, brahmaṇo ti pravuccati.
through warding off wickedness, he is called a brahmin.
Na jaṭābhir na gotreṇa, na jātyā brāhmaṇaḥ ,
Not because of matted hair, family or birth is one thought of as a brahmin,
yas tu vāhayate pāpāny aṇusthūlāni sarvaśaḥ,
he who leads off wickedness, small or great, in every way,
vāhitatvāt tu pāpānāṁ, brāhmaṇo vai nirucyate.
through leading off wickedness, he is called a brahmin.
Na jaṭāhi na gottena, na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo,
Not because of matted hair, family or birth is one a true brahmin,
yamhi saccañ-ca Dhammo ca, so sucī so va brāhmaṇo.
in whom there is truth and Dhamma, that one is pure, that one is surely a brahmin.
[38 ≈ Dhp 401]
Vārī pukkharapatte vā, ārāgre-r-iva sāsavo,
Like water on the lotus leaf, like a mustard seed on a needle,
yo na lippati kāmesu, tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.
he who is unsmeared by desires, that one I say is a brahmin.
Vāri pokkharapatte va, āragge-r-iva sāsapo,
Like water on the lotus leaf, like a mustard seed on a needle,
yo na lippati kāmesu, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.
he who is unsmeared by desires, that one I say is a brahmin.