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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26: The Chapter about Brahmins – 138<br />
Bāhitapāpo ti brāhmaṇo,<br />
Warding off wickedness one is called a brahmin,<br />
samacar i yā samaṇo ti vuccati,<br />
one living austerely is said to be an ascetic,<br />
pabbājayam-attano malaṁ<br />
* because of driving forth (all) stain from oneself<br />
tasmā pabbajito ti vuccati. [388]<br />
one is said to be one who has gone forth. 1<br />
Na brāhmaṇassa pah a reyya, nāssa muñcetha brāhmaṇo,<br />
A brahmin should not hit a brahmin, nor should he abandon him,<br />
dhī brāhmaṇassa hantāraṁ, tato: dhī yassa muñcati. [389]<br />
woe to the one who strikes a brahmin, further: woe to the one who abandons him.<br />
Na brāhmaṇass’ etad-akiñci seyyo:<br />
It is no little good for the brahmin:<br />
yadā nisedho manaso piyehi,<br />
when the mind is held back from what is dear,<br />
yato yato hiṁsamano nivattati,<br />
whenever his mind turns back from violence,<br />
tato tato sammati-m-eva dukkhaṁ. [390]<br />
then there is a calming of suffering.<br />
Yassa kāyena vācāya manasā natthi dukkataṁ,<br />
For whom there is no wrong-doing bodily, verbally or mentally,<br />
saṁvutaṁ tīhi ṭhānehi, tam-ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [391]<br />
being restrained in (these) three things, that one I say is a brahmin.<br />
Yamhā <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ vijāneyya Sammāsambuddhadesitaṁ,<br />
That one from whom one learned <strong>Dhamma</strong> taught by the Perfect Sambuddha,<br />
sakkaccaṁ taṁ namasseyya, aggihuttaṁ va brāhmaṇo. [392]<br />
with respect bow down to him, like a brahmin (bows) at fire-sacrifice.<br />
1<br />
It is difficult to make the puns in this verse, which rely on similarity of sound, rather than<br />
etymology, work in English.