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> - 86<br />
168. Sukarāṇi asādhūni,<br />
āttano ahitāni ca,<br />
yāni hitāni sādhūni<br />
tāni kurvvanti paṇḍitā.<br />
Easily done are things not good,<br />
and unbeneficial for oneself,<br />
but only those beneficial and good<br />
are done by the wise.<br />
169. Alajjitavve lajjanti,<br />
lajjitavve na lajjatha, 54<br />
abhaye bhayadaṁśāvī,<br />
bhaye cābhayadaṁśino,<br />
ṭisamādānā,<br />
sattā gacchanti doggatiṁ.<br />
They are ashamed of what is not shameful,<br />
not ashamed of what is shameful,<br />
seeing fear in what is not fearful,<br />
not seeing fear in what is fearful,<br />
undertaking wrong views,<br />
beings go to a bad destiny.<br />
54<br />
Lajjatha looks like a 2nd person plural here, but that hardly makes sense<br />
in context.
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