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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

Buddhavagga

Māradhītaravatthu

Yassa jitaṁ nāvajīyati, jitaṁ yassa noyāti koci loke;
jitaṁ yassa → jitamassa (bj, sya-all); jitaṁ assa (pts1ed, pts2ed); jitaṁ massa (mr) | jitaṁ yassa noyāti → jitamassa no yāti (bj, sya-all) | yassa noyāti → assa no yāti (pts) | yassa → jitamassa (cck: sī. syā. pī.); jitaṁ massa (cck: ka.)
Whose conquest can’t be undone, whose conquest no one in the world can reach;
Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ, apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.
taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ → tambuddhamanantagocaraṁ (bjt) | buddhamanantagocaraṁ → buddhaṁ anantagocaraṁ (th) | taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ → tam buddham anantagocaraṁ (pts) nessatha → yasya jitaṁ nātha jīyati jitamasya na jināti anhakaඃ tambuddhamanantagocaraṁ apadaṁ kena padena neṣyatha (bj: mahavastu 3. 92 piṭa)
awakened, his pasture endless, pathless: by what path will you lead him astray?

Yassa jālinī visattikā, taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave;
natthi → n atthi (pts)
In whom there’s no craving –the sticky ensnarer– to lead him anywherever at all;
Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ, apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.
buddhamanantagocaraṁ → buddhaṁ anantagocaraṁ (th) | taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ → tam buddham anantagocaraṁ (pts) nessatha → yasya jālinī visattikā. tṛṣṇā nāsya kahimpi netrikā. tambuddhamanantavikramaṁ apadaṁ kena padena neṣyatha (bj: mahāvastu 3. 92 piṭa)
awakened, his pasture endless, pathless: by what path will you lead him astray?

Devorohaṇavatthu

Ye jhānapasutā dhīrā, nekkhammūpasame ratā;They, the enlightened, intent on jhana, delighting in stilling & renunciation, Devāpi tesaṁ pihayanti, sambuddhānaṁ satīmataṁ.self-awakened & mindful: even the devas view them with envy.

Erakapattanāgarājavatthu

Kiccho manussapaṭilābho, kicchaṁ maccāna jīvitaṁ;Hard the winning of a human birth. hard the life of mortals. Kicchaṁ saddhammassavanaṁ, kiccho buddhānamuppādo.
saddhammassavanaṁ → saddhammasavanaṁ (bjt, pts) buddhānamuppādo → buddhānamuppado (sya-all) | buddhānamuppādo → buddhānaṁ uppādo (bjt) | buddhānamuppādo → buddhānam uppādo (pts)
Hard the chance to hear the true Dhamma. hard the arising of Awakened Ones.

Ānandattherapañhavatthu

Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ, kusalassa upasampadā;
kusalassa upasampadā → kusalassūpasampadā (sya-all) | upasampadā → kusalassūpasampadā (cck: syā.)
The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what’s skillful,
Sacittapariyodapanaṁ, etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ.
Sacittapariyodapanaṁ → sacittapariyodāpanaṁ (?) | Sacittapariyodapanaṁ → sacittapariyodāpanaṁ (cck: ?) sāsanaṁ → sarvapāpasyākaraṇaṁ kuśalaseyyāpasampadā svacittaparyādāpaṇametadbuddhānuśāsanam (bj: mahāvastu 3. 420 piṭa)
the cleansing of one’s own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.

Khantī paramaṁ tapo titikkhā, nibbānaṁ paramaṁ vadanti buddhā;
titikkhā → tītikkhā (sya-all) nibbānaṁ → nibbāṇaṁ (bj) | nibbānaṁ → nibbāṇaṁ (cck: ka. sī. pī.)
Patient endurance: the foremost austerity. unbinding: the foremost, so say the Awakened.
Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī, na samaṇo hoti paraṁ viheṭhayanto.
Na → ayaṁ nakāro bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed potthakesu na na → (bj, sya-all, pts) | na → ayaṁ nakāro sī. syā. pī. pātthakesu na dissati (cck note)
He who injures another is no contemplative. he who mistreats another, no monk.

Anūpavādo anūpaghāto, pātimokkhe ca saṁvaro;
Anūpavādo anūpaghāto → anupavādo anupaghāto (cck, pts2ed, mr) | anūpavādo anūpaghāto → anupavādo anupaghāto (sya-all, pts) | anūpaghāto → anupavādo anupaghāto (cck: syā. ka.)
Not disparaging, not injuring, restraint in line with the Patimokkha,
Mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṁ, pantañca sayanāsanaṁ;
pantañca → pantañ ca (pts)
moderation in food, dwelling in seclusion,
Adhicitte ca āyogo, etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ.commitment to the heightened mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.

Anabhiratabhikkhuvatthu

Na kahāpaṇavassena, titti kāmesu vijjati;Not even if it rained gold coins would we have our fill of sensual pleasures. Appassādā dukhā kāmā, iti viññāya paṇḍito.
dukhā → dukkhā (th)
‘Stressful, they give little enjoyment’– knowing this, the wise one finds no delight even in heavenly sensual pleasures.

Api dibbesu kāmesu, ratiṁ so nādhigacchati; Taṇhakkhayarato hoti, sammāsambuddhasāvako.
+ → bahū (bjt)
He is one who delights in the ending of craving, a disciple of the Rightly Self-Awakened One.

AggidattabrāhmaṇavatthuThey go to many a refuge, to mountains & forests, to park & tree shrines: people threatened with danger.

Bahuṁ ve saraṇaṁ yanti, pabbatāni vanāni ca;
bahuṁ → bahū (bj)
That’s not the secure refuge, not the supreme refuge, that’s not the refuge, having gone to which, you gain release from all suffering & stress. But when, having gone to the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha for refuge, you see with right discernment the four noble truths–
Ārāmarukkhacetyāni, manussā bhayatajjitā.
bhayatajjitā → bahavaඃ śaraṇaṁ yānti parvatāṁśava vanāni ca ārāmacaitya vākṣāṁśva manuṣyā bhayatarjitāඃ (bj note) | + → n etaṁ (pts)
stress, the cause of stress, the transcending of stress, & the noble eightfold path, the way to the stilling of stress: that’s the secure refuge, that, the supreme refuge, that is the refuge, having gone to which, you gain release from all suffering & stress.

Netaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ, netaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ;
netaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ → n etaṁ saraṇam uttamaṁ (pts)
Netaṁ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.
netaṁ saraṇamāgamma → n etaṁ saraṇaṁ āgamma (pts) pamuccati → na pabhyataccharaṇaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ naitaccharaṇamuttamam naitaccharaṇamāgamya sarvaduඃkhāt pramuvyate (bj note)

Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca, saṅghañca saraṇaṁ gato;
buddhañca dhammañca → buddhañ ca dhammañ ca saṁghañ (pts) saṅghañca → saṁghañca (ms2005) | saṅghañca → ca (pts)
Cattāri ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati.
passati → yasatu buddhaṁ ca dharma ca saṅghaṁ ca śaraṇaṁ gataඃ āryyasatyāni catvāri paśyati prajñayā sadā (bj note) | sammappaññāya → sammapaññāya (pts)

Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ; Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.
ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ → ariyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ (bjt, th) | ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ → ariyañ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ (pts) dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ → duඃkhaṁ duඃkhasamutpādaṁ duඃkhasya samatikram āryyaṁ cāṣṭāṁgikaṁ mārgaṁ kṣemaṁ nirvāṇagāminam (bj: udānavarga 17 28-31)

Etaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ, etaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ;
saraṇamuttamaṁ → saraṇam uttamaṁ (pts)
Etaṁ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.
saraṇamāgamma → saraṇaṁ āgamma (pts) pamuccati → etaddhiśaraṇaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ etaccharaṇamuttamam etaccharaṇamāgamya sarvaduඃkhrān pramucyate (bj: udānavarga 27-31)

Ānandattherapañhavatthu

Dullabho purisājañño, na so sabbattha jāyati;It’s hard to come by a thoroughbred of a man. it’s simply not true that he’s born everywhere. Yattha so jāyati dhīro, taṁ kulaṁ sukhamedhati.
jāyati → jāyatī (sya-all, pts) sukhamedhati → dulībhaඃ puruṣājanyo nāsau sarvatra jāyate. yatrāsau jāyate vīraඃ tat kulaṁ sukhamedhate (bj: mahāvastu 3 109 piṭa); dulabho pauruṣa jaño na so sarvatra jayati. yatra so jayati viru ta kulu suhumedhati (bj: prā. dha. C VD 35) | sukhamedhati → sukham edhati (pts)
Wherever he’s born, an enlightened one, the family prospers, is happy.

Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu

Sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā;
buddhānamuppādo → buddhānaṁ uppādo (bjt, th, pts)
A blessing: the arising of Awakened Ones. a blessing: the teaching of true Dhamma.
Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṁ tapo sukho.
saṅghassa → saṁghassa (ms2005, pts) sukho → buddhānāṁ sukhamutapādaඃ sukhā dharmasya deśanā sukhā saṅghasya sāmagri śramaṇānāṁ tapassukham (bj: prātimokṣa sūtra 9)
A blessing: the concord of the Sangha. the austerity of those in concord is a blessing.

Kassapadasabalassasuvaṇṇacetiyavatthu

Pūjārahe pūjayato, buddhe yadi va sāvake;
va → ca (sya-all)
If you worship those worthy of worship, –Awakened Ones or their disciples–
Papañcasamatikkante, tiṇṇasokapariddave.who’ve transcended objectification, crossed over lamentation & grief, who are unendangered, fearless, unbound: there’s no measure for reckoning that your merit’s ‘this much.’

Te tādise pūjayato, nibbute akutobhaye; Na sakkā puññaṁ saṅkhātuṁ, imettamapi kenaci.
saṅkhātuṁ → saṁkhātuṁ (pts) + → cuddasamo (bjt) | imettamapi → im ettam api (pts)

Buddhavaggo cuddasamo.
cuddasamo → paṭhamakabhāṇavāraṁ sukhavaggo (bjt)

Paṭhamabhāṇavāraṁ.
paṭhamabhāṇavāraṁ → niṭṭhito (my) | paṭhamabhāṇavāraṁ → paṭhamakabhāṇavāraṁ dhammapadagāthāya paṇṇarasamo sukhavaggo (th) | paṭhamabhāṇavāraṁ → ḥ (pts)

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