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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

Maggavagga

Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu

Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho, saccānaṁ caturo padā;
maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko → (pts)
Of paths, the eightfold is best. of truths, the four sayings.
Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ, dvipadānañca cakkhumā.
dvipadānañca → dipadānañca (sya-all) | cakkhumā → mahana aṭhagio śeṭho savana cauri pada viraku śeṭho dhamana praṇābhutana cakhuma (bj: prā.dha. A 3 4) | dvipadānañca → dvipadānaṁ ca (bjt) | + → esova (bjt) | dvipadānañca → dipadānañ ca (pts) | + → es eva (pts)
Of qualities, dispassion. of two-footed beings, the one with the eyes to see.

Eseva maggo natthañño, dassanassa visuddhiyā;
Eseva → esova (bj) | eseva → esova (bj) | Eseva → esova (cck: sī. pī.) | natthañño → n atth añño (pts)
Just this is the path –there is no other– to purify vision.
Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha, mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ.
etañhi → etaṁ hi (bjt, pts) + → etaṁ hi (bjt, pts) | mārassetaṁ → mārass etaṁ (pts)
Follow it, and that will be Mara’s bewilderment.

Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā, dukkhassantaṁ karissatha;
dukkhassantaṁ → dukkhass antaṁ (pts)
Following it, you put an end to suffering & stress.
Akkhāto vo mayā maggo, aññāya sallakantanaṁ.
Akkhāto vo → akkhāto ve (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed) | vo → ve (pts) | vo → akkhāto ve (cck: sī. pī.) sallakantanaṁ → sallasanthanaṁ (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed); sallasatthanaṁ (sya-all) | sallakantanaṁ → sallasatthanaṁ (bj); sallasanthanaṁ (pts) | sallakantanaṁ → sallasanthanaṁ (cck: sī. pī.); sallasatthanaṁ (cck: syā.)
I have taught you this path having known –for your knowing– the extraction of arrows.

Tumhehi kiccamātappaṁ, akkhātāro tathāgatā;
kiccamātappaṁ → kiccaṁ ātappaṁ (bjt, th, pts)
It’s for you to strive ardently. tathagatas simply point out the way.
Paṭipannā pamokkhanti, jhāyino mārabandhanā.Those who practice, absorbed in jhana: from Mara’s bonds they’ll be freed.

AniccalakkhaṇavatthuWhen you see with discernment,

“Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā”ti, yadā paññāya passati;
saṅkhārā aniccāti → saṁkhārā aniccā ti (pts)
‘All fabrications are inconstant’–
Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.
nibbindati → nibbindatī (pts) visuddhiyā → savi sasara anica ti yada prañaya paśati tada nivitti dukha eso magu visodhi a (bj note)
you grow disenchanted with stress. this is the path to purity.

Dukkhalakkhaṇavatthu

“Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti, yadā paññāya passati;
saṅkhārā dukkhāti → saṁkhārā dukkhā ti (pts)
When you see with discernment, ‘All fabrications are stressful’–
Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.
nibbindati → nibbindatī (pts) visuddhiyā → savi sasara dukha ti yada prañapha śradhati tada nivinati dukha eṣo mago visodhia (bj: prā. dha. A 3 1. 2.)
you grow disenchanted with stress. this is the path to purity.

AnattalakkhaṇavatthuWhen you see with discernment,

“Sabbe dhammā anattā”ti, yadā paññāya passati;
anattāti → anattā ti (pts)
‘All phenomena are not-self’–
Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.
nibbindati → nibbindatī (pts) visuddhiyā → sarva dhama anatma ti yada paśati vachuma tada tivinati dukha eṣo mago visodhi a (bj: prā. dha. A 3. 3)
you grow disenchanted with stress. this is the path to purity.

Padhānakammikatissattheravatthu

Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno, yuvā balī ālasiyaṁ upeto;At the time for initiative he takes no initiative. young, strong, but lethargic, Saṁsannasaṅkappamano kusīto, paññāya maggaṁ alaso na vindati.
Saṁsannasaṅkappamano → asampannasaṅkappamano (mr) | Saṁsannasaṅkappamano → asampannasaṅkappamano (cck: ka.) | saṁsannasaṅkappamano → saṁsannasaṁkappamano (pts) vindati → utthāna kāleṣū nibhitavīryyāyuvā balī....... ko nirāśaඃ sadeva saṁkalpahataඃ kusīdo jñānasya mārgaṁ sattaṁ na vetati (bj: udānavarga apramāda 5 21.); uṭhate alasa anuṭhahatu yoi bali alasae ucito saṁsana sagapa mano samatima prañai maga alasu na vinati (bj: prā. dha. A 3 9)
the resolves of his heart exhausted, the lazy, lethargic one loses the path to discernment.

Sūkarapetavatthu

Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto, kāyena ca nākusalaṁ kayirā;
nākusalaṁ kayirā → akusalaṁ na kayirā (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed, pts2ed) | nākusalaṁ → akusalaṁ na (bj, sya-all, pts) | kayirā → akusalaṁ na kayirā (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.)
Guarded in speech, well-restrained in mind, you should do nothing unskillful in body.
Ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye, ārādhaye maggamisippaveditaṁ.
maggamisippaveditaṁ → magga isippaveditaṁ (bj) | maggamisippaveditaṁ → maggaṁ isippaveditaṁ (th) | maggamisippaveditaṁ → maggam isippaveditaṁ (pts)
Purify these three courses of action. bring to fruition the path that seers have proclaimed.

Poṭṭhilattheravatthu

Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo;
jāyatī → jāyati (pts1ed); jāyate (katthaci) | jāyatī → jāyate (cck: katthaci) | jāyatī bhūri → jāyati bhūrī (pts) bhūrisaṅkhayo → bhūrisaṁkhayo (pts)
From striving comes wisdom; from not, wisdom’s end.
Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā, bhavāya vibhavāya ca;
dvedhāpathaṁ → dvedhā pathaṁ (bjt, th)
Knowing these two courses –to development, decline–
Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya, yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.
tathāttānaṁ → tathattānaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | tathāttānaṁ → tath attānaṁ (pts) bhūri → bhūrī (pts)
conduct yourself so that wisdom will grow.

Pañcamahallakabhikkhuvatthu

Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhaṁ, vanato jāyate bhayaṁ;
jāyate → jāyatī (bj, sya-all, pts)
Cut down the forest of desire, not the forest of trees. from the forest of desire come danger & fear.
Chetvā vanañca vanathañca, nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo.
vanañca vanathañca → vanaṁ vanathañ ca (pts) + → yāvaṁ (bjt, th, pts)
Having cut down this forest & its underbrush, monks, be deforested.

Yāva hi vanatho na chijjati, aṇumattopi narassa nārisu;
yāva → yāvaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) aṇumattopi → aṇumatto pi (pts)
For as long as the least bit of underbrush of a man for women is not cleared away,
Paṭibaddhamanova tāva so, vaccho khīrapakova mātari.
Paṭibaddhamanova → paṭibandhamanova (mr) | Paṭibaddhamanova → paṭibandhamanova (cck: ka.) | paṭibaddhamanova → paṭibaddhamano va (th, pts) khīrapakova → khīrapānova (bj) | khīrapakova → khīrapānova (cck: pī.) | khīrapakova → khīrapako va (pts)
the heart is fixated like a suckling calf on its mother.

Suvaṇṇakārattheravatthu

Ucchinda sinehamattano, kumudaṁ sāradikaṁva pāṇinā;
sinehamattano → sineham attano (pts) pāṇinā → (cck) | sāradikaṁva → pāṇinā (cck note) | sāradikaṁva → sāradikaṁ va (pts)
Crush your sense of self-allure like an autumn lily in the hand.
Santimaggameva brūhaya, nibbānaṁ sugatena desitaṁ.
santimaggameva → santimaggam eva (pts)
Nurture only the path to peace –Unbinding– as taught by the One Well Gone.

Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu

Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi, idha hemantagimhisu;
hemantagimhisu → hemanta gimhisu (bjt)
‘Here I’ll stay for the rains. here, for the summer & winter.’
Iti bālo vicinteti, antarāyaṁ na bujjhati.
bujjhati → iha varṣaṁ kariṣyāmi hemanghaṁ grīṣmameva ca bālo vicintayatīti hyantarāyaṁ na paśyāti (bj: anityavagi 5. 38)
So imagines the fool, unaware of obstructions.

Kisāgotamīvatthu

Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;That drunk-on-his-sons-&-cattle man, all tangled up in the mind: death sweeps him away– Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova, maccu ādāya gacchati.
mahoghova → mahogho va (pts) gacchati → taṁ putrapaśusampannaṁ vyāsakamanasaṁ naram supataṁ vyāghro māgamiva mṛtyurādāya gacchati (bj: mahābhārata. 12. 175); taṁ putrapaśūsammattaṁ vyāsaktamānasaṁ taram supataṁgrāmaṁ mahogha iva mṛtyurādāya gacchati (bj: udānavarga 1. 5. 39)
as a great flood, a village asleep.

Paṭācārāvatthu

Na santi puttā tāṇāya, na pitā nāpi bandhavā;
nāpi → napi (bj, sya-all, pts) | nāpi → na pi (pts)
There are no sons to give shelter, no father, no family
Antakenādhipannassa, natthi ñātīsu tāṇatā.
ñātīsu → ñātisu (bj) | natthi → n atthi (pts) | + → etam atthavasaṁ (pts)
for one seized by the Ender, no shelter among kin.

Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā, paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto;Realizing this force of reasoning, the wise man, restrained by virtue, Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ, khippameva visodhaye.
nibbānagamanaṁ → nibbāṇagamanaṁ (bj) khippameva → khippam eva (pts)
should make the path pure –right away– that goes all the way to Unbinding.

Maggavaggo vīsatimo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → pakiṇṇakavaggo (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya ekavīsatimo pakiṇṇakavaggo (th)

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