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> - 176<br />
391. Yo ca vaśśaśataṁ jīve,<br />
duprañño asamāhito,<br />
ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ śreyo,<br />
praññavantassa jhāyato.<br />
One might live for a hundred years,<br />
lacking in wisdom and uncomposed,<br />
but a life of one day is better,<br />
for one endowed with wisdom and meditation.<br />
392. Yo ca vaśśaśataṁ jīve,<br />
kusīdo hīnavīriyo,<br />
ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ śreyo,<br />
One might live for a hundred years,<br />
indolent, with less energy,<br />
but a life of one day is better,<br />
for one with energy set up and firm.<br />
393. Yo ca vaśśaśataṁ jīve,<br />
apaśśaṁ udayavyayaṁ,<br />
ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ śreyo,<br />
paśśato udayavyayaṁ.<br />
One might live for a hundred years,<br />
without seeing rise and fall,<br />
but a life of one day is better,<br />
for the one seeing rise and fall.
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