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 - 71<br />
Ko imaṁ paṭhaviṁ vijehiti<br />
Who will conquer this earth<br />
[131 ≈ Dhp 44]<br />
yamalokaṁ va imaṁ sadevakaṁ?<br />
and the lower realm, together with the gods?<br />
Ko <strong>Dhamma</strong>pade sudeśite<br />
Who will (win) the well-taught verses of <strong>Dhamma</strong><br />
kuśalo puṣpam iva prajehiti? 74<br />
as a good man wins a flower?<br />
Ko imaṁ paṭhaviṁ vicessati<br />
Who will know this earth<br />
yamalokañ-ca imaṁ sadevakaṁ?<br />
and the lower realm, together with the gods?<br />
Ko <strong><strong>Dhamma</strong>pada</strong>ṁ sudesitaṁ<br />
Who (will reflect) on the well-taught verse of <strong>Dhamma</strong><br />
kusalo puppham-ivappacessati?<br />
as a good man will reflect on a flower?<br />
74<br />
<strong>Patna</strong> seems hardly coherent here, but the Pāḷi meaning of the pāda is little better.
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