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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.
Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho, yenatthaṁ sāhasā naye;
sāhasā → sahasā (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed)To pass judgment hurriedly doesn’t mean you’re a judge. Yo ca atthaṁ anatthañca, ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.The wise one, weighing both the right judgment & wrong, judges others impartially– unhurriedly, in line with the Dhamma, guarding the Dhamma, guarded by Dhamma, intelligent: he’s called a judge.
Asāhasena dhammena, samena nayatī pare; Dhammassa gutto medhāvī, “dhammaṭṭho”ti pavuccati.
Na tena paṇḍito hoti, yāvatā bahu bhāsati;Simply talking a lot doesn’t mean one is wise. Khemī averī abhayo, “paṇḍito”ti pavuccati.Whoever’s secure– no hostility, fear– is said to be wise.
Na tāvatā dhammadharo, yāvatā bahu bhāsati;Simply talking a lot doesn’t maintain the Dhamma. Yo ca appampi sutvāna, dhammaṁ kāyena passati;Whoever –although he’s heard next to nothing– sees Dhamma through his body, Sa ve dhammadharo hoti, yo dhammaṁ nappamajjati.is not heedless of Dhamma: he’s one who maintains the Dhamma.
Na tena thero so hoti, yenassa palitaṁ siro;
thero so hoti → thero hoti (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed)doesn’t mean one’s an elder. Paripakko vayo tassa, “moghajiṇṇo”ti vuccati.Advanced in years, one’s called an old fool.
Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca, ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo;But one in whom there is truth, restraint, rectitude, gentleness, self-control– Sa ve vantamalo dhīro, “thero” iti pavuccati.
thero” iti → so theroti (sya-all, mr); thero ti (pts1ed, pts2ed)he’s called an elder, his impurities disgorged, enlightened.
Na vākkaraṇamattena, vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā;Not by suave conversation or lotus-like coloring does an envious, miserly cheat Sādhurūpo naro hoti, issukī maccharī saṭho.become an exemplary man.
Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ;But one in whom this is cut through up-rooted wiped out– he’s called exemplary, Sa vantadoso medhāvī, “sādhurūpo”ti vuccati.his aversion disgorged, intelligent.
Na muṇḍakena samaṇo, abbato alikaṁ bhaṇaṁ;A shaven head doesn’t mean a contemplative. the liar observing no duties, Icchālobhasamāpanno, samaṇo kiṁ bhavissati.filled with greed & desire: what kind of contemplative’s he?
Yo ca sameti pāpāni, aṇuṁthūlāni sabbaso;But whoever tunes out the dissonance of his evil qualities –large or small– in every way Samitattā hi pāpānaṁ, “samaṇo”ti pavuccati.by bringing evil to consonance: he’s called a contemplative.
Na tena bhikkhu so hoti, yāvatā bhikkhate pare;Begging from others doesn’t mean one’s a monk. Vissaṁ dhammaṁ samādāya, bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.As long as one follows householders’ ways, one is no monk at all.
Yodha puññañca pāpañca, bāhetvā brahmacariyavā;
brahmacariyavā → brahmacariyaṁ (mr)But whoever puts aside both merit & evil and, living the chaste life, Saṅkhāya loke carati, sa ve “bhikkhū”ti vuccati.judiciously goes through the world: he’s called a monk.
Na monena munī hoti, mūḷharūpo aviddasu;Not by silence does someone confused & unknowing turn into a sage. Yo ca tulaṁva paggayha, varamādāya paṇḍito.
Pāpāni parivajjeti, sa munī tena so muni;But whoever–wise, as if holding the scales, taking the excellent– rejects evil deeds: he is a sage, that’s how he’s a sage. Yo munāti ubho loke, “muni” tena pavuccati.Whoever can weigh both sides of the world: that’s how he’s called a sage.
Na tena ariyo hoti, yena pāṇāni hiṁsati;Not by harming life does one become noble. Ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ, “ariyo”ti pavuccati.One is termed noble for being gentle to all living things.
Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana;on account of your habits & practices, great erudition, concentration attainments, secluded dwelling, or the thought, Atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā.‘I touch the renunciate ease that run-of-the-mill people don’t know’: ever let yourself get complacent when the ending of effluents is still unattained.
Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, aputhujjanasevitaṁ; Bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi, appatto āsavakkhayaṁ.
