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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

Attavagga

Bodhirājakumāravatthu

Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā, rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;
attānañce → (bj) | attānañce → attānañ ce (pts)
If you hold yourself dear then guard, guard yourself well.
Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ, paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.
tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ → tiṇṇamaññataraṁ (bjt) + → attānam eva (pts)
the wise person would stay awake nursing himself in any of the three watches of the night, the three stages of life.

Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu

Attānameva paṭhamaṁ, patirūpe nivesaye;
patirūpe → paṭirūpe (sya-all)
First he’d settle himself in what is correct,
Athaññamanusāseyya, na kilisseyya paṇḍito.
athaññamanusāseyya → ath aññam anusāseyya (pts) + → attānañ ce (pts)
only then teach others. he wouldn’t stain his name : he is wise.

Padhānikatissattheravatthu
padhānikatissattheravatthu → attānaṁ (my)

Attānañce tathā kayirā, yathāññamanusāsati;
attānañce → ce (cck) yathāññamanusāsati → yathaññamanusāsati (bj, sya-all, pts) | yathāññamanusāsati → yath aññam anusāsati (pts)
If you’d mold yourself the way you teach others,
Sudanto vata dametha, attā hi kira duddamo.
dametha → dammetha (bjt)
then, well-trained, go ahead & tame– for, as they say, what’s hard to tame is you yourself.

Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu

Attā hi attano nātho, ko hi nātho paro siyā;Your own self is your own mainstay, for who else could your mainstay be? Attanā hi sudantena, nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.
attanā hi → attanāva (bj) dullabhaṁ → ātamāhi ātmano nāthaඃ ko nu nāthaඃ paro bhavet ātmatā ti sudāntena svargaṁ prāpnoti paṇḍitaඃ (bj: bodhicaryāvatāra 480) | + → attanāva (bjt)
With you yourself well-trained you obtain the mainstay hard to obtain.

Mahākālaupāsakavatthu

Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ, attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ;
Attanā hi → attanā va (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | attanā hi → attanāva (bj) | hi → va (pts)
The evil he himself has done –self-born, self-created–
Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ, vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.
Abhimatthati → abhimanthati (bj) | abhimatthati → abhimanthati (bj) | Abhimatthati → abhimantati (cck: sī. pī.) vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ → vajiraṁvamhayaṁ (sya-all); vajiraṁva'mhamayaṁ (pts1ed, pts2ed, mr) | vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ → vajiraṁvamhayaṁ (sya-all) | maṇiṁ → ātamanā vihitaṁ duඃkhamātamtā vihitaṁ sukham. garbhaśayyāmupādāya bhuṁkeṅta vai paurvadehikam (bj: garuḍa purāṇa. 119 adhyāya. 19.) | vasmamayaṁ → vajiraṁva’mhamayaṁ (cck: syā. ka.) | vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ → vajiraṁ vasmamayaṁ (my) | vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ → vajiraṁ amhamayaṁ (pts)
grinds down the dullard, as a diamond, a precious stone.

Devadattavatthu

Yassa accantadussilyaṁ, māluvā sālamivotthataṁ;
accantadussilyaṁ → accantadussīlyaṁ (bj, cck, sya-all, pts) sālamivotthataṁ → sālamivotataṁ (bj, pts) | sālamivotthataṁ → sālam otataṁ (pts)
When overspread by extreme vice– like a sal tree by a vine–
Karoti so tathattānaṁ, yathā naṁ icchatī diso.
tathattānaṁ → tath attānaṁ (pts) diso → yasa acata dræśilia malua vaci lata vani. kuya su tadhatmana yadha na viṣamu ijati (bj: prā. dha. C 32)
you do to yourself what an enemy would wish.

Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu

Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca;
+ → saṁghabhedaparisakkanavatthu (ms2005)
They’re easy to do– things of no good & no use to yourself.
Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca, taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.
sādhuñca → sādhuṁ ca (bjt) | hitañca sādhuñca → hitañ ca sādhuñ ca (pts)
What’s truly useful & good is truly harder than hard to do.

Kālattheravatthu

Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ, ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ;The teaching of those who live the Dhamma, worthy ones, noble: Paṭikkosati dummedho, diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ;whoever maligns it –a dullard, inspired by evil view– Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva, attaghātāya phallati.
kaṭṭhakasseva attaghātāya → kaṇṭakasseva attaghaññāya (sya-all) attaghātāya → attaghaññāya (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | attaghātāya → attaghaññāya (pts) | attaghātāya → attaghaññāya (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | + → attanāva (bjt)
bears fruit for his own destruction, like the fruiting of the bamboo.

Cūḷakālaupāsakavatthu

Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā saṅkilissati;
Attanā hi → attanā va (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | attanā hi → attanāva (bj) | hi → va (pts) | hi → attanāva (cck: sī. syā. pī.) saṅkilissati → saṁkilissati (my, bjt, pts)
Evil is done by oneself, by oneself is one defiled.
Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ, attanāva visujjhati;
attanāva → attanā va (th, pts)
Evil is left undone by oneself, by oneself is one cleansed.
Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ, nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.
suddhī → suddhi (bj, sya-all) | asuddhi → asuddhī (pts) aññaṁ → nāññamañño (bj) | nāñño aññaṁ → nāññamañño (bj) | aññaṁ → nāññamañño (cck: sī.)
Purity & impurity are one’s own doing. no one purifies another. No other purifies one.

Attadatthattheravatthu

Attadatthaṁ paratthena, bahunāpi na hāpaye;
bahunāpi → bahunā pi (pts)
Don’t sacrifice your own welfare for that of another, no matter how great.
Attadatthamabhiññāya, sadatthapasuto siyā.
attadatthamabhiññāya → attadattham abhiññāya (pts)
Realizing your own true welfare, be intent on just that.

Attavaggo dvādasamo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → lokavaggo (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya terasamo lokavaggo (th)

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