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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.

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6: The Chapter about the Wise – 43<br />

Yesaṁ sambodhi-aṅgesu sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ,<br />

For those who have well developed with right mind the factors of complete awakening,<br />

ādānapaṭinissagge anupādāya ye ratā,<br />

having given up grasping, those who delight in being unattached,<br />

khīṇāsavā jutimanto, te loke parinibbutā. [89]<br />

pollutant-free, shining forth, are emancipated in the world.<br />

Paṇḍitavaggo Chaṭṭho<br />

The Chapter about the Wise, the Sixth<br />

Related <strong>Verses</strong> from the <strong><strong>Dhamma</strong>pada</strong><br />

Etaṁ visesato ñatvā appamādamhi paṇḍitā,<br />

The wise, fully understanding this in regard to heedfulness,<br />

appamāde pamodanti, Ar i yānaṁ gocare ratā. [22]<br />

rejoice in heedfulness, delight in the domain of the Noble.<br />

Pamādaṁ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito,<br />

When the wise one eliminates heedlessness with his heedfulness,<br />

paññāpāsādam-āruyha, asoko sokiniṁ pajaṁ,<br />

and mounts the palace of wisdom, griefless, (he looks) on grieving people;<br />

pabbataṭṭho va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati. [28]<br />

the wise one, like one standing on a mountain, looks down on the fools, who are standing<br />

on the plains.<br />

Yo bālo maññati bālyaṁ, paṇḍito vāpi tena so,<br />

The fool who knows (his) foolishness, is at least wise in that (matter),<br />

bālo ca paṇḍitamānī, sa ve bālo ti vuccati. [63]<br />

the fool who is proud of his wisdom, he is said to be a fool indeed.<br />

Yāvajīvam-pi ce bālo paṇḍitaṁ pay i rupāsati,<br />

Even if a fool attends on a wise man for his whole life long,<br />

na so <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ vijānāti, dabbī sūparasaṁ yathā. [64]<br />

he does not learn <strong>Dhamma</strong>, just as spoon learns not the taste of curry.

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