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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

Nirayavagga

Sundarīparibbājikāvatthu

Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti, yo vāpi katvā na karomi cāha;
vāpi → yo cāpi (bj, mr) | na karomi cāha → na karomīti cāha (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) | karomi → karomīti (bj, sya-all) | vāpi → yo cāpi (cck: sī. pī. ka.) | cāha → na karomīti cāha (cck: syā.) | cāha → āha (pts)
He goes to hell, the one who asserts what didn’t take place, as does the one who, having done, says, ‘I didn’t.’
Ubhopi te pecca samā bhavanti, nihīnakammā manujā parattha.
ubhopi → ubho pi (pts)
Both–low-acting people– there become equal: after death, in the world beyond.

Duccaritaphalapīḷitavatthu

Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo, pāpadhammā asaññatā;An ochre robe tied ’round their necks, many with evil qualities –unrestrained, evil– Pāpā pāpehi kammehi, nirayaṁ te upapajjare.
nirayaṁ te → nirayante (th)
rearise, because of their evil acts, in hell.

Vaggumudātīriyabhikkhuvatthu

Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto, tatto aggisikhūpamo;Better to eat an iron ball –glowing, aflame– Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo, raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato.
yañce → yañ ce (pts) raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato → raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ asaññato (bjt, th, pts)
than that, unprincipled & unrestrained, you should eat the alms of the country.

Khemakaseṭṭhiputtavatthu

Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto, āpajjati paradārūpasevī;
āpajjati → āpajjatī (sya-all, pts)
Four things befall the heedless man who lies down with the wife of another:
Apuññalābhaṁ na nikāmaseyyaṁ, nindaṁ tatīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ.
na nikāmaseyyaṁ → nanikāmaseyyaṁ (th) tatīyaṁ → tatiyaṁ (bj, sya-all)
a wealth of demerit; a lack of good sleep; third, censure; fourth, hell.

Apuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā, bhītassa bhītāya ratī ca thokikā;A wealth of demerit, an evil destination, & the brief delight of a fearful man with a fearful woman, Rājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ paṇeti, tasmā naro paradāraṁ na seve.& the king inflicts a harsh punishment. so no man should lie down with the wife of another.

Dubbacabhikkhuvatthu

Kuso yathā duggahito, hatthamevānukantati;
duggahito hatthamevānukantati → duggahīto hatthaṁ evānukantati (pts) hatthamevānukantati → hatthaṁ evānukantati (pts)
Just as sharp-bladed grass, if wrongly held, wounds the very hand that holds it–
Sāmaññaṁ dupparāmaṭṭhaṁ, nirayāyupakaḍḍhati.
nirayāyupakaḍḍhati → nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati (sya-all) | nirayāyupakaḍḍhati → nirayāy upakaḍḍhati (pts)
the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped, drags you down to hell.

Yaṁ kiñci sithilaṁ kammaṁ, saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṁ vataṁ;
sithilaṁ → saṭhilaṁ (pts) saṅkiliṭṭhañca → saṁkiliṭṭhañca (my, ms2005) | saṅkiliṭṭhañca → saṁkiliṭṭhaṁ ca (bjt) | saṅkiliṭṭhañca → saṁkiliṭṭhañ ca (pts)
Any slack act, or defiled observance,
Saṅkassaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ, na taṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ.
saṅkassaraṁ → saṁkassaraṁ (pts) kayirañce → kayirā ce kayirāthenantipi (sya-all note) | + → kayirañ (pts)
or fraudulent life of chastity bears no great fruit.

Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ, daḷhamenaṁ parakkame;
Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ → kayirañce kayirathenaṁ (sya-all); kayirā ce kayirā naṁ (mr) | kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ → kayirañce kayirathenaṁ (sya-all) | kayirāthenaṁ → kayirā naṁ (cck: ka.) | kayirāthenaṁ → kayirāth enaṁ (pts) daḷhamenaṁ → daḷham enaṁ (pts)
If something’s to be done, then work at it firmly,
Sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṁ.
sithilo → saṭhilo (bj, pts)
for a slack going-forth kicks up all the more dust.

Issāpakataitthivatthu

Akataṁ dukkaṭaṁ seyyo, pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṁ;
dukkaṭaṁ → dukkataṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) tappati dukkaṭaṁ katañca → tapati dukkataṁ kataṁ ca (bj) | dukkaṭaṁ → dukkataṁ (sya-all)
It’s better to leave a misdeed undone. a misdeed burns you afterward.
Katañca sukataṁ seyyo, yaṁ katvā nānutappati.
katañca → kataṁ ca (bjt) | katañca → katañ ca (pts) nānutappati → akīta kukita ṣehu - pacha tavatī drækita. kīta nu sukita ṣehu - yakitva nanutapatī (bj: prā. dha. C. 40); akṛtaṁ kukṛtācejuyaඃ - paśvāttapati duṣkatṛm śocate duṣkṛtaṁ kṛtvā - śocate dugītiṁ gataඃ kṛtaṁ tu sukṛtaṁ śreyo - yatakṛtvā nānutapyathata. nandate sukṛtaṁ kṛtvā - nandate sugatiṁ gataඃ (bj: udānavarga. 29 vv. 44)
Better that a good deed be done that, after you’ve done it, won’t make you burn.

Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu

Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ, guttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;
paccantaṁ → paccattaṁ (bj)
Like a frontier fortress, guarded inside & out,
Evaṁ gopetha attānaṁ, khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;
khaṇo vo → khaṇo ve (pts1ed, pts2ed, mr) | vo → ve (pts) | vo → khaṇo ve (cck: sī. pī. ka.)
guard yourself. don’t let the moment pass by.
Khaṇātītā hi socanti, nirayamhi samappitā.Those for whom the moment is past grieve, consigned to hell.

Nigaṇṭhavatthu

Alajjitāye lajjanti, lajjitāye na lajjare;Ashamed of what’s not shameful, not ashamed of what is, Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.beings adopting wrong views go to a bad destination.

Abhaye bhayadassino, bhaye cābhayadassino;
cābhayadassino → ca abhayadassino (sya-all)
Seeing danger where there is none, & no danger where there is,
Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.beings adopting wrong views go to a bad destination.

Titthiyasāvakavatthu

Avajje vajjamatino, vajje cāvajjadassino;
cāvajjadassino → ca avajjadassino (sya-all)
Imagining error where there is none, and no error where there is,
Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
+ → vajjaṁ ca (bjt) | + → vajjañ ca (pts)
beings adopting wrong views go to a bad destination.

Vajjañca vajjato ñatvā, avajjañca avajjato;
avajjañca → avajjaṁ ca (bjt) | avajjañca → avajjañ ca (pts)
But knowing error as error, and non-error as non-,
Sammādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.beings adopting right views go to a good destination.

Nirayavaggo dvāvīsatimo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → nāgavaggo (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya tevīsatimo nāgavaggo (th)

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