Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
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23: The Chapter about the Elephant – 119<br />
Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,<br />
When one is torpid and overeats,<br />
niddāyitā samparivattasāyī,<br />
sleepy and rolling on the bed,<br />
mahāvarāho va nivāpapuṭṭho,<br />
like a great pig fed on fodder,<br />
punappunaṁ gabbham-upeti mando. [325]<br />
that fool comes to the womb again.<br />
Idaṁ pure cittam-acāri cārikaṁ<br />
Formerly this wandering mind wandered<br />
yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ,<br />
through desire, pleasure and happiness,<br />
tad-ajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,<br />
(but) today I will control it wisely,<br />
hatthim-pabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho. [326]<br />
like one with goad an elephant in rut.<br />
Appamādaratā hotha, sacittam-anurakkhatha,<br />
You should delight in heedfulness, you should always protect your mind,<br />
duggā uddharathattānaṁ paṅke sanno va kuñjaro. [327]<br />
you should raise yourself from this pit like the tusker sunk in the mud.<br />
Sace labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ<br />
If you should find a prudent friend<br />
saddhiṁcaraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ,<br />
or companion, one who lives well, a wise one,<br />
abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni<br />
overcoming all your troubles<br />
careyya tenattamano satīmā. [328]<br />
you should live with that one, glad and mindful.
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