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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

Jarāvagga

Visākhāyasahāyikānaṁvatthu

Ko nu hāso kimānando, niccaṁ pajjalite sati;
Ko nu hāso → kinnu hāso (mr) | hāso → kinnu hāso (cck: ka.) | kimānando → kim ānando (pts)
What laughter, why joy, when constantly aflame?
Andhakārena onaddhā, padīpaṁ na gavesatha.
gavessatha → kā nu krīḍā kā nu rati evaṁ prajvalite sadā andhakāre ‘samin prakṣiptā pradīpaṁ na gaveṣata. ko nu harṣo konu ānando evaṁ prajvalite sadā andhakāre, samin prakṣiptā ālokaṁ na prakāśaye (bj: mahāvastu. 3. 376 piṭa)
Enveloped in darkness, don’t you look for a lamp?

Sirimāvatthu

Passa cittakataṁ bimbaṁ, arukāyaṁ samussitaṁ;Look at the beautified image, a heap of festering wounds, shored up: Āturaṁ bahusaṅkappaṁ, yassa natthi dhuvaṁ ṭhiti.
bahusaṅkappaṁ → bahusaṁkappaṁ (pts) dhuvaṁ ṭhiti → dhuvaṇṭhiti (th) | natthi → n atthi (pts) | + → parijiṇṇaṁ idaṁ (pts)
ill, but the object of many resolves, where there is nothing lasting or sure.

Uttarātherīvatthu

Parijiṇṇamidaṁ rūpaṁ, roganīḷaṁ pabhaṅguraṁ;
roganīḷaṁ → roganiḍḍhaṁ (bj, pts1ed); roganiddhaṁ (sya-all); roganiḍḍaṁ (pts2ed) | roganīḷaṁ pabhaṅguraṁ → roganiddhaṁ pabhaṅguṇaṁ (sya-all); roganiḍḍaṁ pabhaṅguṇaṁ (pts) | roganīḷaṁ → roganiḍḍhaṁ (cck: sī. pī.); roganiddhaṁ (cck: syā.)
Worn out is this body, a nest of diseases, dissolving.
Bhijjati pūtisandeho, maraṇantañhi jīvitaṁ.
pūtisandeho → pūti sandeho maraṇantaṁ (th) jīvitaṁ → parijīṇimidaṁ rūpaṁ roganiddhaṁ prabhaḍbhuram bhidyāte pūti sandehaṁ maraṇāntaṁ hi jīvitam (bj: udānavarga V 34); parijinamida ru rovu a niḍa prabhaguno bheṁsiti (bj: prā. dha. C VO 3) | maraṇantañhi → maraṇantaṁ hi (bjt, pts) | + → yān imāni (pts)
This putrid conglomeration is bound to break up, for life is hemmed in with death.

Sambahulaadhimānikabhikkhuvatthu

Yānimāni apatthāni, alābūneva sārade;
apatthāni → yānimāni apattāni (mr); yānimāni'paviddhāni (?) | apatthāni → yānimāni apatthāni (cck: sī. syā. pī.); yānimāni’paviddhāni (cck: ?) alābūneva → alāpūneva (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | alābūneva → alāpūn eva (pts) | alābūneva → alāpūneva (cck: sī. syā. pī.)
On seeing these bones discarded like gourds in the fall,
Kāpotakāni aṭṭhīni, tāni disvāna kā rati.
rati → yānimānyapaviddhāni vikṣiptāni diśo daśa. kapotavarṇānyasthini tāni dṛṣṭevha kā ratiṁ (bj: divyāvadāna - 561 piṭa); imāniyānyupasthāni alākhuriva sārade śaṁkhavarṇāni śīrṣāṇi tāni dṛṣṭevaha kā rati (bj: divyāvadāna 561 piṭa); yani mani prabhaguni vicitani diśo diśa kavotaka aṭhini tani diṣṭaha ka rati (bj: prā. dha. C VO 16)
pigeon-gray: what delight?

Janapadakalyāṇīrūpanandātherīvatthu

Aṭṭhīnaṁ nagaraṁ kataṁ, maṁsalohitalepanaṁ;A city made of bones, plastered over with flesh & blood, Yattha jarā ca maccu ca, māno makkho ca ohito.
ohito → asthisthū naṁ syāyuyutaṁ māṁsaśoṇitalepanam carmācanaddhaṁ durganḍi pūrṇaṁ mūtra puriṣayoඃ jarāśokasamāviṣṭaṁ rogāyatanamāturam rajasvalamatityaṁ va bhūtāvāsmidaṁ tyajet (bj: manusmṛti. VI. 77)
whose hidden treasures are: pride & contempt, aging & death.

Mallikādevīvatthu

Jīranti ve rājarathā sucittā, atho sarīrampi jaraṁ upeti;
sarīrampi → sarīram pi (pts)
Even royal chariots well-embellished get run down, and so does the body succumb to old age.
Satañca dhammo na jaraṁ upeti, santo have sabbhi pavedayanti.
satañca → satañ ca (pts) pavedayanti → cīryanti vai rājarathāඃ sucitrā hyato śarīrampi jarāmupeti satāntu dharmo na jarāmupeti satto hi taṁ satsu nivedayanti (bj: udānavarga V. 28); jīyariti hi rayaradha sucitra adha śarīra bi jara uveti. sata tu dharma na jara uveti. sato hiva sahi pravedayiti (bj: prā. dha. C O V 21)
But the Dhamma of the good doesn’t succumb to old age: the good let the civilized know.

Lāḷudāyītheravatthu

Appassutāyaṁ puriso, balībaddhova jīrati;
balībaddhova → balivaddova (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed); balibaddhova (mr) | balībaddhova → balibaddhova (cck); balivaddo va (pts) | balibaddhova → balivaddova (cck: sī. syā. pī.)
This unlistening man matures like an ox.
Maṁsāni tassa vaḍḍhanti, paññā tassa na vaḍḍhati.
+ → anekajāti saṁsāraṁ (bjt)
His muscles develop, his discernment not.

Udānavatthu

Anekajātisaṁsāraṁ, sandhāvissaṁ anibbisaṁ;Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, Gahakāraṁ gavesanto, dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ.
Gahakāraṁ → gahakārakaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | gahakāraṁ → gahakārakaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | Gahakāraṁ → gahakārakaṁ (cck: sī. syā. pī.)
seeking the house-builder. painful is birth again & again.

Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi, puna gehaṁ na kāhasi;
diṭṭhosi → diṭṭḥo si (pts)
House-builder, you’re seen! you will not build a house again.
Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ;
te → ete (pts) visaṅkhataṁ → visaṅkhitaṁ (bj, pts) | visaṅkhataṁ → visaṁkhitaṁ (pts)
All your rafters broken, the ridge pole dismantled,
Visaṅkhāragataṁ cittaṁ, taṇhānaṁ khayamajjhagā.
visaṅkhāragataṁ → visaṁkhāragataṁ (pts) khayamajjhagā → khayam ajjhagā (pts)
immersed in dismantling, the mind has attained to the end of craving.

Mahādhanaseṭṭhiputtavatthu

Acaritvā brahmacariyaṁ, aladdhā yobbane dhanaṁ;Neither living the chaste life nor gaining wealth in their youth, Jiṇṇakoñcāva jhāyanti, khīṇamaccheva pallale.
jiṇṇakoñcāva → jiṇṇakoñcā va (pts) khīṇamaccheva → khīṇamacche va (pts)
they waste away like old herons in a dried-up lake depleted of fish.

Acaritvā brahmacariyaṁ, aladdhā yobbane dhanaṁ;Neither living the chaste life nor gaining wealth in their youth, Senti cāpātikhīṇāva, purāṇāni anutthunaṁ.
cāpātikhīṇāva → cāpātikhittāva (bj) | cāpātikhīṇāva → cāpātikhīṇā va (pts)
they lie around, misfired from the bow, sighing over old times.

Jarāvaggo ekādasamo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → attavaggo attānaṁ ce (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya dvādasamo attavaggo (th)

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