Patna Dhamma Verses (Patna Dhammapada)
A simple text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India.
A simple text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India.
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<strong>Patna</strong> Dharma <strong>Verses</strong> - 109<br />
222-223. Gavāṁ ce taramāṇānāṁ,<br />
ujjuṁ gacchati puṅgavo,<br />
sabbā tā ujjuṁ gacchanti,<br />
nette ujjugate sati;<br />
evām eva manuṣyesu,<br />
yo hoti śreṣṭhasammato,<br />
sa ce va dhammaṁ carati<br />
prāg eva itarā prajā.<br />
If, when cows are crossing a road,<br />
their leader goes straight,<br />
they all will go straight,<br />
as their guide straight does go;<br />
so it is with humans,<br />
he who is agreed upon as chief,<br />
if he lives righteously,<br />
so will other people.<br />
224. <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ care sucaritaṁ,<br />
na naṁ duccaritaṁ care,<br />
<strong>Dhamma</strong>cārī sukhaṁ śeti assiṁ loke paramhi ca.<br />
One should live by <strong>Dhamma</strong>, with good conduct,<br />
not with bad conduct,<br />
living by <strong>Dhamma</strong> one lives at ease in this world and the next.
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