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 - 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.