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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

Daṇḍavagga

Chabbaggiyabhikkhuvatthu

Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbe bhāyanti maccuno;All tremble at the rod, all are fearful of death. Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye.
ghātaye → prāṇā yathātamano’bhīṣṭā bhūtānāmpi te tathā ātemaෟpamyena bhūteṣū dayāṁ kurvanti sādhavaඃ (bj: hitopadeśa. 1. 2)
Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Chabbaggiyavatthu

Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbesaṁ jīvitaṁ piyaṁ;All tremble at the rod, all hold their life dear. Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye.Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Sambahulakumārakavatthu

Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni, yo daṇḍena vihiṁsati;whoever takes a rod to harm living beings desiring ease, Attano sukhamesāno, pecca so na labhate sukhaṁ.
sukhamesāno → sukham esāno (pts) sukhaṁ → ahiṁsakāni bhūtāni daṇḍena vitihanti yaඃ ātmanaඃ sukhamicchan sa pretya naiva sukhī bhavet (bj: mahābhārata 13.5565); yo’hiṁsakāni bhūtāni hinasatyātmasukhecchayā sa jīvaṁśava mṛtaśaicva na kvavit sukhamedhate (bj: manusmṛti. 5. 45)
when he himself is looking for ease, meets with no ease after death.

Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni, yo daṇḍena na hiṁsati;Whoever doesn’t take a rod to harm living beings desiring ease, Attano sukhamesāno, pecca so labhate sukhaṁ.
sukhamesāno → sukham esāno (pts) + → mā vo ca (th) | + → mā voca (pts)
when he himself is looking for ease, meets with ease after death.

Koṇḍadhānattheravatthu

Māvoca pharusaṁ kañci, vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṁ;
paṭivadeyyu taṁ → paṭivadeyyuṁ taṁ (mr) | taṁ → paṭivadeyyuṁ taṁ (cck: ka.)
Speak harshly to no one, or the words will be thrown right back at you.
Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā, paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṁ.
paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṁ → phuseyyuṁ taṁ (mr) | taṁ → phuseyyuṁ taṁ (cck: ka.) | + → sa ce (bjt)
Contentious talk is painful, for you get struck by rods in return.

Sace neresi attānaṁ, kaṁso upahato yathā;If, like a flattened metal pot you don’t resound, Esa pattosi nibbānaṁ, sārambho te na vijjati.
esa → eso (sya-all) | pattosi → patto si (pts)
you’ve attained an Unbinding; in you there’s found no contention.

Uposathikaitthīnaṁvatthu

Yathā daṇḍena gopālo, gāvo pājeti gocaraṁ;
pājeti → pāceti (bj, pts)
As a cowherd with a rod drives cows to the field,
Evaṁ jarā ca maccu ca, āyuṁ pājenti pāṇinaṁ.
pājenti → pācenti (bj, pts)
so aging & death drive the life of living beings.

Ajagarapetavatthu

Atha pāpāni kammāni, karaṁ bālo na bujjhati;When doing evil deeds, the fool is oblivious. Sehi kammehi dummedho, aggidaḍḍhova tappati.
aggidaḍḍhova → aggidaḍḍho va (pts)
The dullard is tormented by his own deeds, as if burned by a fire.

Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu

Yo daṇḍena adaṇḍesu, appaduṭṭhesu dussati;Whoever, with a rod, harasses an innocent man, unarmed, Dasannamaññataraṁ ṭhānaṁ, khippameva nigacchati.
dasannamaññataraṁ → dasannam aññataraṁ (pts) khippameva → khippam eva (pts)
quickly falls into any of ten things:

Vedanaṁ pharusaṁ jāniṁ, sarīrassa va bhedanaṁ;
sarīrassa va bhedanaṁ → sarīrassa pabhedanaṁ (cck) | va → ca (bj, cck, pts) | va bhedanaṁ → pabhedanaṁ (sya-all) | bhedanaṁ → sarīrassa pabhedanaṁ (cck: syā.)
harsh pains, devastation, a broken body, grave illness, mental derangement, trouble with the government, violent slander, relatives lost, property dissolved, houses burned down.
Garukaṁ vāpi ābādhaṁ, cittakkhepaṁ va pāpuṇe.
cittakkhepaṁ va → cittakkhepañca (pts1ed, pts2ed, csp1ed) | cittakkhepaṁ va → cittakkhepañca (cck) | cittakkhepañca → cittakkhepaṁ va (cck: sī. syā. pī.)

Rājato vā upasaggaṁ, abbhakkhānaṁ va dāruṇaṁ;
upasaggaṁ → upassaggaṁ (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed) | vā upasaggaṁ → va upassaggaṁ (pts) | upasaggaṁ → upassaggaṁ (cck: sī. pī.) abbhakkhānaṁ va → abbhakkhānañca (csp1ed) | abbhakkhānaṁ va → abbhakkhānañca (cck, sya-all) | abbhakkhānañca → abbhakkhānaṁ va (cck: sī. pī.)
At the break-up of the body this one with no discernment, reappears in hell.
Parikkhayaṁ va ñātīnaṁ, bhogānaṁ va pabhaṅguraṁ.
Parikkhayaṁ va → parikkhayañca (csp1ed) | parikkhayaṁ va → parikkhayañca (cck) | ñātīnaṁ → ñātinaṁ (pts) | Parikkhayañca → parikkhayaṁ va (cck: sī. syā. pī.) bhogānaṁ va → bhogānañca (csp1ed) | pabhaṅguraṁ → pabhaṅguṇaṁ (sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed); pabhaṅgunaṁ (mr) | bhogānaṁ va → bhogānañca (cck) | pabhaṅguraṁ atha vāssa → pabhaṅguṇaṁ athav assa (pts) | bhogānañca → bhogānaṁ va (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | pabhaṅguraṁ → pabhaṅgunaṁ (cck: ka.)

Atha vāssa agārāni, aggi ḍahati pāvako;
ḍahati → ḍayhati (mr) | aggi → aggī (pts) | ḍahati → ḍayhati (cck: ka.)
Kāyassa bhedā duppañño, nirayaṁ sopapajjati.
sopapajjati → so upapajjati (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) | sopapajjati → so upapajjati (cck: sī. syā.)

Bahubhaṇḍikabhikkhuvatthu

Na naggacariyā na jaṭā na paṅkā, nānāsakā thaṇḍilasāyikā vā;
paṅkā → paṁkā (pts) thaṇḍilasāyikā → taṇḍilasāyikā (sya-all)
Neither nakedness nor matted hair nor mud nor the refusal of food nor sleeping on the bare ground
Rajojallaṁ ukkuṭikappadhānaṁ, sodhenti maccaṁ avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ.
rajojallaṁ → rājo ca jallaṁ (bj); rajo va jallaṁ (pts) avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ → na naganacaryyā na jaṭā na paṅko nānāśanaṁ sathaṇḍilaśāyikā vā na rajomalaṁ notkuṭukapradhānaṁ viśodhayenemāhaviśīrṇakāṁkṣam (bj: divyāvadāna) | avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ → avitiṇṇakaṁkhaṁ alaṁkato ce pi (pts)
nor dust & dirt nor squatting austerities cleanses the mortal who’s not gone beyond doubt.

Santatimahāmattavatthu

Alaṅkato cepi samaṁ careyya, santo danto niyato brahmacārī;If, though adorned, one lives in tune with the chaste life –calmed, tamed, & assured– Sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ, so brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu.
bhikkhu → alagito ya vi care a dhamu datu śatu sañatu brammayari savisu bhutesu nihai dana so bramaṇo so samaṇo so bhikhu (bj: prā, dha. B. 39); alaṁkṛtaśvāpi carena dharmaṁ dāntendriyaඃ śāntaඃ saṁyato brahmacārī savēṣū bhūteṣu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ sa brāhmaṇaඃ sa śramaṇaඃ sa bhikṣuඃ (bj: divyāvadāna)
having put down the rod toward all beings, he’s a contemplative a brahman a monk.

Pilotikatissattheravatthu

Hirīnisedho puriso, koci lokasmi vijjati;
hirīnisedho → hirinisedho (sya-all)
Who in the world is a man constrained by conscience,
Yo niddaṁ apabodheti, asso bhadro kasāmiva.
niddaṁ → nindaṁ (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed sn1.18:1 [18. Hirīsutta]) | apabodheti → apabodhati (bj sn1.18:1 [18. Hirīsutta]); appabodheti (cck); appabodhati (pts1ed, pts2ed) | niddaṁ apabodheti → nindaṁ apabodhati (bj, pts) | niddaṁ → nindaṁ (sī. pī.) saṁ. ni. 1.18 (cck note) | apabodheti → apabodhati (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | niddaṁ apabodheti → nindaṁ appabodhati (pts) kasāmiva → kasām iva (pts)
who awakens to censure like a fine stallion to the whip?

Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho, ātāpino saṁvegino bhavātha;Like a fine stallion struck with a whip, be ardent & chastened. Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca, samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca;
vīriyena → viriyena (bjt, th, pts)
Through conviction virtue, persistence, concentration, judgment,
Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā, jahissatha dukkhamidaṁ anappakaṁ.
jahissatha → pahassatha (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | jahissatha → pahassatha (bj, sya-all) | jahissatha dukkhamidaṁ → pahassatha dukkham idaṁ (pts) | jahissatha → pahassatha (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | + → udakaṁ hi (bjt, th, pts)
consummate in knowledge & conduct, mindful, you’ll abandon this not-insignificant pain.

Sukhasāmaṇeravatthu

Udakañhi nayanti nettikā, usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;
usukārā → usukarā (sya-all)
Irrigators guide the water. fletchers shape the arrow shaft.
Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā, attānaṁ damayanti subbatā.Carpenters shape the wood. those of good practices control themselves.

Daṇḍavaggo dasamo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → jarāvaggo (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya ekādasamo jarāvaggo (th)

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