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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.
Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā, rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;If you hold yourself dear then guard, guard yourself well. Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ, paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.the wise person would stay awake nursing himself in any of the three watches of the night, the three stages of life.
Attānameva paṭhamaṁ, patirūpe nivesaye;First he’d settle himself in what is correct, Athaññamanusāseyya, na kilisseyya paṇḍito.only then teach others. he wouldn’t stain his name : he is wise.
Attānañce tathā kayirā, yathāññamanusāsati;If you’d mold yourself the way you teach others, Sudanto vata dametha, attā hi kira duddamo.then, well-trained, go ahead & tame– for, as they say, what’s hard to tame is you yourself.
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.With you yourself well-trained you obtain the mainstay hard to obtain.
Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ, attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ;
Attanā hi → attanā va (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed)The evil he himself has done –self-born, self-created– Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ, vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.
Abhimatthati → abhimanthati (bj) vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ → vajiraṁvamhayaṁ (sya-all); vajiraṁva'mhamayaṁ (pts1ed, pts2ed, mr)grinds down the dullard, as a diamond, a precious stone.
Yassa accantadussilyaṁ, māluvā sālamivotthataṁ;When overspread by extreme vice– like a sal tree by a vine– Karoti so tathattānaṁ, yathā naṁ icchatī diso.you do to yourself what an enemy would wish.
Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca;They’re easy to do– things of no good & no use to yourself. Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca, taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.What’s truly useful & good is truly harder than hard to do.
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.
attaghātāya → attaghaññāya (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed)bears fruit for his own destruction, like the fruiting of the bamboo.
Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā saṅkilissati;
Attanā hi → attanā va (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed)Evil is done by oneself, by oneself is one defiled. Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ, attanāva visujjhati;Evil is left undone by oneself, by oneself is one cleansed. Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ, nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.
aññaṁ → nāññamañño (bj)Purity & impurity are one’s own doing. no one purifies another. No other purifies one.
Attadatthaṁ paratthena, bahunāpi na hāpaye;Don’t sacrifice your own welfare for that of another, no matter how great. Attadatthamabhiññāya, sadatthapasuto siyā.Realizing your own true welfare, be intent on just that.
