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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 - 32<br />

[47 ≈ Dhp 294]<br />

Mātaraṁ paṭhamaṁ hantā, rājānaṁ do ca khattiye,<br />

Destroying mother first, and (then) two noble kings,<br />

rāṣṭaṁ sānucaraṁ hantā, anigho carati brāhmaṇo.<br />

destroying a kingdom and its followers, the brahmin lives untroubled.<br />

Mātaraṁ pitaraṁ hantvā, rājāno dve ca khattiye,<br />

Destroying mother and father, and (then) two noble kings,<br />

raṭṭhaṁ sānucaraṁ hantvā, anīgho yāti brāhmaṇo.<br />

destroying a kingdom and its followers, the brahmin proceeds untroubled. 46<br />

[48 ≈ Dhp 403]<br />

Gambhīrapraññaṁ medhāviṁ, māggāmāggassa kovidaṁ,<br />

The deeply wise sagacious one, skilled in what is path and not path,<br />

uttamāttham anuprāttaṁ, tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.<br />

who has reached the ultimate good, that one I say is a brahmin.<br />

Gambhīrapaññaṁ medhāviṁ, maggāmaggassa kovidaṁ,<br />

The deeply wise sagacious one, skilled in what is path and not path,<br />

uttamatthaṁ anuppattaṁ, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.<br />

who has reached the ultimate good, that one I say is a brahmin.<br />

46<br />

The Pāḷi commentary explains this as meaning: Destroying craving and conceit, and the two:<br />

eternalism and annhilationism, destroying passionate delight in the twelve sense spheres, one<br />

without pollutants proceeds untroubled. Same interpretation could be given for the <strong>Patna</strong> verse<br />

but with the exclusion of conceit.

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