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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • Khuddakanikāya
  • Dhammapada

Yamakavagga

Cakkhupālattheravatthu

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā;
+ → dhammapada (pts)
Phenomena are preceded by the heart, ruled by the heart, made of the heart.
Manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā;
bhāsati → bhāsatī (pts)
If you speak or act with a corrupted heart,
Tato naṁ dukkhamanveti, cakkaṁva vahato padaṁ.
dukkhamanveti → dukkham anveti (pts) cakkaṁva → cakkaṁ va (pts)
then suffering follows you – as the wheel of the cart, the track of the ox that pulls it.

Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvatthu

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā;Phenomena are preceded by the heart, ruled by the heart, made of the heart. Manasā ce pasannena, bhāsati vā karoti vā;
bhāsati → bhāsatī (pts)
If you speak or act with a calm, bright heart,
Tato naṁ sukhamanveti, chāyāva anapāyinī.
sukhamanveti → sukham anveti (pts) anapāyinī → anupāyinī (sya-all, mr) | anapāyinī → anupāyinī (cck: ka.) | chāyāva → chāyā va (pts)
then happiness follows you, like a shadow that never leaves.

Tissattheravatthu

Akkocchi maṁ avadhi maṁ, ajini maṁ ahāsi me;
ajini → ajinī (?) | ajini → ajinī (cck: ?)
‘He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me’
Ye ca taṁ upanayhanti, veraṁ tesaṁ na sammati.
ca → (pts) sammati → ākrośanamāmavocatamāma jayanmāmahāpayat atra ye upanahyante vairaṁ teṣāṁ na śāmyati (bj note)
–for those who brood on this, hostility isn’t stilled.

Akkocchi maṁ avadhi maṁ, ajini maṁ ahāsi me;‘He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me’– Ye ca taṁ nupanayhanti, veraṁ tesūpasammati.
ca → (bj, pts) | nupanayhanti → na upanayhanti (bj, pts); nūpanayhanti (sya-all) tesūpasammati → ākrośanamāmavocatamāmajayatamāmahāpayat atra ye nopanahyante vairaṁ teṣāṁ na praśāmyati (bj: mūlasarvāstivādivinaya kośāmbakavastu) | tesūpasammati → tes ūpasammati (pts)
for those who don’t brood on this, hostility is stilled.

Kāḷayakkhinīvatthu

Na hi verena verāni, sammantīdha kudācanaṁ;
sammantīdha kudācanaṁ → sammant idha kudācana (pts)
Hostilities aren’t stilled through hostility, regardless.
Averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.
sanantano → na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaඃ sanātanaඃ (bj note)
Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility: this, an unending truth.

Kosambakavatthu

Pare ca na vijānanti, mayamettha yamāmase;
yamāmase → yamāmhase (sya-all) | mayamettha → mayam ettha (pts)
Unlike those who don’t realize that we’re here on the verge of perishing,
Ye ca tattha vijānanti, tato sammanti medhagā.
medhagā → pare’tra na vijānanti vayamatrodyamāmahe atra ye tu vijātanti teṣāṁ śāmyanti medhakāඃ (bj: mūlasarvāstivādivinaya. kośāmbakavastu)
those who do: their quarrels are stilled.

Mahākāḷattheravatthu

Subhānupassiṁ viharantaṁ, indriyesu asaṁvutaṁ;One who stays focused on the beautiful, is unrestrained with the senses, Bhojanamhi cāmattaññuṁ, kusītaṁ hīnavīriyaṁ;
cāmattaññuṁ → amattaññuṁ (sya-all)
knowing no moderation in food, apathetic, unenergetic:
Taṁ ve pasahati māro, vāto rukkhaṁva dubbalaṁ.
pasahati → pasahatī (pts) rukkhaṁva → rukkhaṁ va (pts)
Mara overcomes him as the wind, a weak tree.

Asubhānupassiṁ viharantaṁ, indriyesu susaṁvutaṁ;One who stays focused on the foul, is restrained with regard to the senses, Bhojanamhi ca mattaññuṁ, saddhaṁ āraddhavīriyaṁ;knowing moderation in food, full of conviction & energy: Taṁ ve nappasahati māro, vāto selaṁva pabbataṁ.
nappasahati → nappasahatī (pts) | nappasahati → na-ppasahatī (pts) selaṁva → selaṁ va (pts)
Mara does not overcome him as the wind, a mountain of rock.

Devadattavatthu

Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṁ, yo vatthaṁ paridahissati;
paridahissati → paridahessati (bj, sya-all, pts)
He who, depraved,
Apeto damasaccena, na so kāsāvamarahati.
kāsāvamarahati → kāsāvam arahati (pts)
devoid of truthfulness & self-control, puts on the ochre robe, doesn’t deserve the ochre robe.

Yo ca vantakasāvassa, sīlesu susamāhito;
vantakasāvassa → vantakasāv assa (pts)
But he who is free of depravity
Upeto damasaccena, sa ve kāsāvamarahati.
kāsāvamarahati → kāsāvam arahati (pts)
endowed with truthfulness & self-control, well-established in the precepts, truly deserves the ochre robe.

Sāriputtattheravatthu

Asāre sāramatino, sāre cāsāradassino;Those who regard non-essence as essence and see essence as non-, Te sāraṁ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā.
micchāsaṅkappagocarā → micchāsaṁkappagocarā (bjt) | micchāsaṅkappagocarā → micchāsaṁkappagocarā sārañ ca (pts)
don’t get to the essence, ranging about in wrong resolves.

Sārañca sārato ñatvā, asārañca asārato;
asārañca → asārañ ca (pts)
But those who know essence as essence, and non-essence as non-,
Te sāraṁ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā.
+ → yathāgāraṁ (bjt) | sammāsaṅkappagocarā → sammāsaṁkappagocarā (pts)
get to the essence, ranging about in right resolves.

Nandattheravatthu

Yathā agāraṁ ducchannaṁ, vuṭṭhī samativijjhati;
yathā agāraṁ → yathāgāraṁ (bj) vuṭṭhī → vuṭṭhi (pts)
As rain seeps into an ill-thatched hut,
Evaṁ abhāvitaṁ cittaṁ, rāgo samativijjhati.
+ → yathāgāraṁ succhannaṁ (bjt)
so passion, the undeveloped mind.

Yathā agāraṁ suchannaṁ, vuṭṭhī na samativijjhati;
yathā agāraṁ suchannaṁ → yathāgāraṁ succhannaṁ (bj) | suchannaṁ vuṭṭhī → succhannaṁ vuṭṭhi (pts) vuṭṭhī → vuṭṭhi (pts)
As rain doesn’t seep into a well-thatched hut,
Evaṁ subhāvitaṁ cittaṁ, rāgo na samativijjhati.so passion does not, the well-developed mind.

Cundasūkarikavatthu

Idha socati pecca socati, pāpakārī ubhayattha socati;Here he grieves he grieves hereafter. in both worlds the wrong-doer grieves. So socati so vihaññati, disvā kammakiliṭṭhamattano.
kammakiliṭṭhamattano → kamma kiliṭṭhamattano (bjt) | kammakiliṭṭhamattano → kammakiliṭṭham attano (pts)
He grieves, he’s afflicted, seeing the corruption of his deeds.

Dhammikaupāsakavatthu

Idha modati pecca modati, katapuñño ubhayattha modati;Here he rejoices he rejoices hereafter. in both worlds the merit-maker rejoices. So modati so pamodati, disvā kammavisuddhimattano.
kammavisuddhimattano → kamma visuddhimattano (bjt) | kammavisuddhimattano → kammavisuddhim attano (pts)
He rejoices, is jubilant, seeing the purity of his deeds.

Devadattavatthu

Idha tappati pecca tappati, pāpakārī ubhayattha tappati;
pāpakārī → pāpakāri (?) | pāpakārī → pāpakāri (cck: ?)
Here he’s tormented he’s tormented hereafter. in both worlds the wrong-doer’s tormented.
“Pāpaṁ me katan”ti tappati, bhiyyo tappati duggatiṁ gato.
katanti → katan ti (pts) bhiyyo → bhīyo (cck: sī.)
He’s tormented at the thought, ‘I’ve done wrong.’ having gone to a bad destination, he’s tormented all the more.

Sumanadevīvatthu

Idha nandati pecca nandati, katapuñño ubhayattha nandati;Here he delights he delights hereafter. in both worlds the merit-maker delights. “Puññaṁ me katan”ti nandati, bhiyyo nandati suggatiṁ gato.
katanti → katan ti (pts) suggatiṁ → sugatiṁ (th) | + → bahum pi (pts)
He delights at the thought, ‘I’ve made merit.’ having gone to a good destination, he delights all the more.

Dvesahāyakabhikkhuvatthu

Bahumpi ce saṁhita bhāsamāno, na takkaro hoti naro pamatto;
saṁhita → sahitaṁ (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed, pts2ed) | saṁhita → sahitaṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.)
If he recites many teachings, but –heedless man– doesn’t do what they say,
Gopova gāvo gaṇayaṁ paresaṁ, na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.
gopova → gopo va (pts) + → appam pi (pts)
like a cowherd counting the cattle of others, he has no share in the contemplative life.

Appampi ce saṁhita bhāsamāno, dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī;
saṁhita → sahitaṁ (bjt, th, pts) hoti → hotī (cck: sī. pī.)
If he recites next to nothing but follows the Dhamma in line with the Dhamma;
Rāgañca dosañca pahāya mohaṁ, sammappajāno suvimuttacitto;
rāgañca dosañca → rāgañ ca dosañ ca (pts)
abandoning passion, aversion, delusion; alert, his mind well released,
Anupādiyāno idha vā huraṁ vā, sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.not clinging either here or hereafter: he has his share in the contemplative life.

Yamakavaggo paṭhamo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → appamādavaggo (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya dutiyo appamādavaggo (th)

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