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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.
Dīghā jāgarato ratti, dīghaṁ santassa yojanaṁ;
ratti → rattī (pts)Long for the wakeful is the night. long for the weary, a league. Dīgho bālāna saṁsāro, saddhammaṁ avijānataṁ.
bālāna → bālānaṁ (bj, cck, pts) + → carañ ce (pts)For fools unaware of True Dhamma, samsara is long.
Carañce nādhigaccheyya, seyyaṁ sadisamattano;
sadisamattano → sadisam attano (pts)If, in your course, you don’t meet your equal, your better, Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā, natthi bāle sahāyatā.
Ekacariyaṁ → ekaccariyaṁ (mr) | Ekacariyaṁ → ekacariyaṁ (cck: ka.) natthi → n atthi (pts)then continue your course, firmly, alone. there’s no fellowship with fools.
Puttā matthi dhanaṁ matthi, iti bālo vihaññati;
matthi dhanaṁ matthi → puttā matthi dhanammatthi (bj); puttā matthi dhanamatthi (sya-all); puttamatthi dhanamatthi (mr) | hi → attāpi (?) | dhanammatthi → puttamatthi dhanamatthi (cck: ka.) | matthi → m atthi (pts)‘I have sons, I have wealth’– the fool torments himself. Attā hi attano natthi, kuto puttā kuto dhanaṁ.
hi → attāpi (cck: ?) | natthi → n atthi (pts)When even he himself doesn’t belong to himself, how then sons? How wealth?
Yo bālo maññati bālyaṁ, paṇḍito vāpi tena so;
maññati → maññatī (sya-all) | maññati bālyaṁ → maññatī balyaṁ (pts)A fool with a sense of his foolishness is–at least to that extent–wise. Bālo ca paṇḍitamānī, sa ve “bālo”ti vuccati.
bāloti → bālo ti (pts) | + → yāvajīvam pi (pts)But a fool who thinks himself wise really deserves to be called a fool.
Yāvajīvampi ce bālo, paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;Even if for a lifetime the fool stays with the wise, Na so dhammaṁ vijānāti, dabbī sūparasaṁ yathā.
+ → muhuttam api (pts)he knows nothing of the Dhamma– as the ladle, the taste of the soup.
Muhuttamapi ce viññū, paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;Even if for a moment, the perceptive person stays with the wise, Khippaṁ dhammaṁ vijānāti, jivhā sūparasaṁ yathā.he immediately knows the Dhamma– as the tongue, the taste of the soup.
Caranti bālā dummedhā, amitteneva attanā;Fools, their wisdom weak, are their own enemies as they go through life, Karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ, yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.doing evil that bears bitter fruit.
Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu, yaṁ katvā anutappati;It’s not good, the doing of the deed that, once it’s done, you regret, Yassa assumukho rodaṁ, vipākaṁ paṭisevati.
+ → tañ ca (pts)whose result you reap crying, your face in tears.
Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu, yaṁ katvā nānutappati;It’s good, the doing of the deed that, once it’s done, you don’t regret, Yassa patīto sumano, vipākaṁ paṭisevati.
+ → madhuvā (bjt, th, pts)whose result you reap gratified, happy at heart.
Madhuṁvā maññati bālo, yāva pāpaṁ na paccati;
Madhuṁvā → madhuvā (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) | madhuṁvā → madhuvā (bj); (cck) | madhuṁvā maññati → madhuvā maññatī (sya-all, pts)As long as evil has yet to ripen, the fool mistakes it for honey. Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ, atha dukkhaṁ nigacchati.
paccati → paccatī (pts) atha → atha bālo (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed); bālo (mr) | atha → bālo (cck); atha bālo (pts) | bālo → atha bālo (cck: sī. syā.); atha (cck: ?)But when that evil ripens, the fool falls into pain.
Māse māse kusaggena, bālo bhuñjeyya bhojanaṁ;
bhuñjeyya → bhuñjetha (bj, sya-all, pts)Month after month the fool might eat only a tip-of-grass measure of food, Na so saṅkhātadhammānaṁ, kalaṁ agghati soḷasiṁ.
saṅkhātadhammānaṁ → saṅkhatadhammānaṁ (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed, mr) | saṅkhātadhammānaṁ → saṁkhatadhammānaṁ (pts) | saṅkhātadhammānaṁ → saṅkhatadhammānaṁ (cck: sī. pī. ka.) agghati → nāgghati (pts) | soḷasiṁ → māse māse kuśāgreṇa bāle bhuṁjeta bhojanam na so buddhe prasādasya kalāmarghati ṣoḍaśim (bj: mahāvastu iii 436 piṭa); masi masi sahasena yaea śatena ca neva sahasa dhamesu kala amaviti ṣoḍaśi (bj: prā. ba. c. 14) | kalaṁ → kallaṁ (th)but he wouldn’t be worth one sixteenth of those who’ve fathomed the Dhamma.
Na hi pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ, sajjukhīraṁva muccati;
sajjukhīraṁva → sajju khīraṁva (my, bjt) | sajjukhīraṁva muccati → sajju khīraṁ va mucchati (pts)An evil deed, when done, doesn’t–like ready milk– come out right away. Ḍahantaṁ bālamanveti, bhasmacchannova pāvako.
ḍahantaṁ bālamanveti → ḍahantam bālam anveti (pts) bhasmacchannova → bhasmā channova (sya-all, mr); bhasmācchannova (pts1ed, pts2ed) | bhasmacchannova → bhasmācchannova (sya-all) | bhasmacchannova → bhasmāchannova (cck: sī. pī. ka.) | bhasmacchannova → bhasmācchanno va (pts) | + → yāvad eva (pts)It follows the fool, smoldering like a fire hidden in ashes.
Yāvadeva anatthāya, ñattaṁ bālassa jāyati;
ñattaṁ → ñāttaṁ (?) | ñattaṁ → ñātaṁ (cck: ?)Only for his ruin does renown come to the fool. Hanti bālassa sukkaṁsaṁ, muddhamassa vipātayaṁ.
+ → asataṁ (bjt) | muddhamassa → muddhaṁ assa (th) | muddhamassa → muddham assa (pts) | + → asataṁ bhāvanam iccheyya purekkhārañ ca (pts)It ravages his bright fortune & rips his head apart.
Asantaṁ bhāvanamiccheyya, purekkhārañca bhikkhusu;
Asantaṁ bhāvanamiccheyya → asantaṁ bhāvamiccheyya (sya-all); asantabhāvanamiccheyya (mr) | asantaṁ → asataṁ (bj) | bhāvanamiccheyya → asantaṁ bhāvamiccheyya (cck: syā.); asantabhāvanamiccheyya (cck: ka.)He would want unwarranted status, preeminence among monks, Āvāsesu ca issariyaṁ, pūjaṁ parakulesu ca.
pūjaṁ → pūjā (bj, cck, sya-all, pts) | + → mam eva (pts)authority among monasteries, homage from lay families.
Mameva kata maññantu, gihī pabbajitā ubho;
maññantu → maññantū (bj) | kata maññantu → katamaññantu (th) gihī pabbajitā → gihīpabbajitā (my)‘Let householders & those gone forth both think that this was done by me alone. Mamevātivasā assu, kiccākiccesu kismici;
mamevātivasā → mameva ativasā (bj, sya-all) | mamevātivasā → mam evātivasā (pts)May I alone determine what’s a duty, what’s not’: Iti bālassa saṅkappo, icchā māno ca vaḍḍhati.
saṅkappo → saṁkappo (bjt, pts) icchā → issā (sya-all)the resolve of a fool as they grow– his desire & pride.
Aññā hi lābhūpanisā, aññā nibbānagāminī;The path to material gain goes one way, the way to Unbinding, another. Evametaṁ abhiññāya, bhikkhu buddhassa sāvako;
evametaṁ → evam etaṁ (pts)Realizing this, the monk, a disciple to the Awakened One, Sakkāraṁ nābhinandeyya, vivekamanubrūhaye.
vivekamanubrūhaye → vivekam anubrūhaye (pts)shouldn’t relish offerings, should cultivate seclusion instead.
Bālavaggo pañcamo.
+ → niṭṭhito (my) | + → paṇḍitavaggo nidhīnaṁva (bjt) | + → dhammapadagāthāya chaṭṭho paṇḍitavaggo (th)
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