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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

Lokavagga

Daharabhikkhuvatthu

Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya, pamādena na saṁvase;Don’t associate with lowly qualities. don’t consort with heedlessness. Micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya, na siyā lokavaḍḍhano.
lokavaḍḍhano → lokavaddhano (bj) | lokavaddhano → hīnaṁ dharmaṁ na seveta pramādena na saṁvaset mithyādṛṣṭiṁ na seveta na bhavellākavaṭhinaඃ (bj: udānavarga 4. 5. 8.); hina dhama na sevea pramadena na savasi michā diṭhi na royea na sia lokavaḍhano (bj: prā. dha. A. 8 6)
Don’t associate with wrong views. don’t busy yourself with the world.

Suddhodanavatthu

Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya, dhammaṁ sucaritaṁ care;
nappamajjeyya → na-ppamajjeyya (pts)
Get up! Don’t be heedless. live the Dhamma well.
Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti, asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.
ca → uttiṣṭhenana pramadyona dharmaṁ sucaritaṁ caret. dharmacārī sukhaṁ śete hyasmin loke paratra ca (bj: udānavarga 4. 5. 35); utiṭhena na pramajea dhamu sucarita cari. dhamavari suhu śeti asam loki parasa yi (bj: prā. dha. A 8 6)
One who lives the Dhamma sleeps with ease in this world & the next.

Dhammaṁ care sucaritaṁ, na naṁ duccaritaṁ care;Live the Dhamma well. don’t live it badly. Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti, asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.
ca → dharma caret sucaritaṁ nainaṁ duścaritaṁ caret dharmacārī sukhaṁ śete asmiṁlelāke paratra ca (bj: mahāvastu 1 220 piṭa); dhamu cari sucarita............ carita cari. dhamayari subha śeti asmi loki parasa yi (bj: prā. dha. C. 30)
One who lives the Dhamma sleeps with ease in this world & the next.

Pañcasatavipassakabhikkhuvatthu

Yathā pubbuḷakaṁ passe, yathā passe marīcikaṁ;
pubbuḷakaṁ → bubbulakaṁ (bj, pts2ed); bubbuḷakaṁ (pts1ed) | pubbuḷakaṁ → bubbulakaṁ (pts) | pubbuḷakaṁ → pubbuḷakaṁ (cck: sī. pī.)
See it as a bubble, see it as a mirage:
Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, maccurājā na passati.one who regards the world this way the King of Death doesn’t see.

Abhayarājakumāravatthu

Etha passathimaṁ lokaṁ, cittaṁ rājarathūpamaṁ;
passathimaṁ → passath imaṁ (pts)
Come look at this world all decked out like a royal chariot,
Yattha bālā visīdanti, natthi saṅgo vijānataṁ.
natthi → n atthi (pts)
where fools plunge in, while those who know don’t cling.

Sammajjanattheravatthu

Yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā, pacchā so nappamajjati;
nappamajjati → na-ppamajjati (pts)
Who once was heedless, but later is not,
Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā.
somaṁ → so imaṁ (bj, sya-all) | somaṁ → so maṁ (pts) candimā → yo tu puci pramajati paja su na pramajati. so ina lokū obhāsetī abhamuto va suriu (bj: prā, dha. A 2 3) | muttova → mutto va (pts)
brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud.

Aṅgulimālattheravatthu

Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ, kusalena pidhīyati;
pidhīyati → pithīyati (bj, sya-all, pts2ed); piṭhīyati (pts1ed) | pidhīyati somaṁ → pithīyati so imaṁ (bj, sya-all); pithīyati so maṁ (pts) | pidhīyati → pitīyati (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | pithīyati → pahīyatītipi (sya-all note)
His evil-done deed is replaced with skillfulness:
Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā.
somaṁ → imaṁ (bjt, th) | somaṁ → so maṁ (pts) muttova → mutto va (pts)
he brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud.

Pesakāradhītāvatthu

Andhabhūto ayaṁ loko, tanukettha vipassati;
Andhabhūto → andhībhūto (mr) | Andhabhūto → andhībhūto (cck: ka.) tanukettha → tanuk ettha (pts)
Blinded this world– how few here see clearly!
Sakuṇo jālamuttova, appo saggāya gacchati.
sakuṇo → sakunto (bj, sya-all) | sakuṇo jālamuttova → sakunto jālamutto va (pts) + → haṁsā ādiccapathe (th)
Just as birds who’ve escaped from a net are few, few are the people who make it to heaven.

Tiṁsabhikkhuvatthu

Haṁsādiccapathe yanti, ākāse yanti iddhiyā;
haṁsādiccapathe → haṁsā ādiccapathe (sya-all)
Swans fly the path of the sun; those with the power fly through space;
Nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā, jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ.
savāhiniṁ → savāhanaṁ (sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed, mr) | jetvā → jitvā (bj) | savāhiniṁ → savāhanaṁ (pts) | savāhiniṁ → savāhanaṁ (cck: syā. ka.)
the enlightened flee from the world, having defeated the armies of Mara.

CiñcamāṇavikāvatthuThe person who tells a lie,

Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa, musāvādissa jantuno;who transgresses in this one thing, Vitiṇṇaparalokassa, natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ.
natthi → n atthi (pts)
transcending concern for the world beyond: there’s no evil he might not do.

Asadisadānavatthu

Na ve kadariyā devalokaṁ vajanti, bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ;
nappasaṁsanti → na-ppasaṁsanti (pts)
No misers go to the world of the devas. those who don’t praise giving are fools.
Dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno, teneva so hoti sukhī parattha.
+ → pathavyā (bjt, pts) | + → paṭhavyā (th) | teneva → ten eva (pts)
The enlightened express their approval for giving and so find ease in the world beyond.

Anāthapiṇḍikaputtakālavatthu

Pathabyā ekarajjena, saggassa gamanena vā;
pathabyā → paṭhavyā (sya-all)
Sole dominion over the earth, going to heaven,
Sabbalokādhipaccena, sotāpattiphalaṁ varaṁ.lordship over all worlds: the fruit of stream entry excels them.

Lokavaggo terasamo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → buddhavaggo (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya cuddasamo buddhavaggo (th)

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