Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

19: The Chapter about One who stands by Dhamma – 103
Yamhi saccañ-ca Dhammo ca ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo,
In whom is truth, Dhamma, non-violence, restraint and (good) training,
sa ve vantamalo dhīro thero iti pavuccati. [261]
the wise one who throws out the stain is (truly) called an elder.
Na vākkaraṇamattena vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā
Not by eloquence only, or by a beautiful complexion,
sādhurūpo naro hoti, issukī maccharī saṭho; [262]
is a person honourable, (if still) jealous, selfish and deceitful;
yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ,
for the one in whom this is cut off, destroyed at the root, dug up,
sa vantadoso medhāvī sādhurūpo ti vuccati. [263]
that sage who has thrown out hatred is said to be honourable.
Na muṇḍakena samaṇo, abbato alikaṁ bhaṇaṁ,
Not through a shaven head is one an ascetic, (if) one lacks vows, 1 speaks lies,
icchālobhasamāpanno, samaṇo kiṁ bhavissati? [264]
and is endowed with greed and desire, how will one be an ascetic?
Yo ca sameti 2 pāpāni, aṇuṁ-thūlāni sabbaso –
The one who pacifies wicked deeds, small and great, in every way –
samitattā hi pāpānaṁ samaṇo ti pavuccati. [265]
through the pacifying of wicked deeds he is said to be an ascetic.
Na tena bhikkhu hoti yāvatā bhikkhate pare,
One is not a monastic merely through eating others’ almsfood,
vissaṁ Dhammaṁ samādāya bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā. [266]
the one who undertakes a false Dhamma to that extent is not a monastic.
1 Comm: sīlavatena ca dhūtavatena ca virahito; being without the vow of virtue and the vow of
asceticism.
2
Being here short for upasameti.