Dhammapada 1: Yamakavagga

1. Yamakavagga ¹

Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa ²

[CPD Classification 2.5.2]
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[BJT Vol Dh - ] [\z Dhp /] [\w I /]
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1222|1222||1222|1212 pathyā x 3
^E1^E2^P11. Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, ~ manoseṭṭhā manomayā,

1122|1221||2112|1212
Manasā ce paduṭṭhena ~ bhāsati ³ vā karoti vā,

1222|1221||2211|1212
Tato naṃ dukkham-anveti ~ cakkaṃ va vahato padaṃ.

1222|1222||1222|1212 pathyā x 3
^E1^E2^P12. Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, ~ manoseṭṭhā manomayā,

1122|1221||2112|1212
Manasā ce pasannena ~ bhāsati ⁴ vā karoti vā,

1221|1221||2211|1212
Tato naṃ sukham-anveti ~ chāyā va anapāyinī. ⁵

2212|1112||1112|1212 vip 1
^E1^E2^P13. “Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ~ ajini maṃ ahāsi me”,

2121|1221||2222|1211 pathyā
Ye ca taṃ ⁶ upanayhanti ~ veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati.

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2212|1112||1112|1212 vip 1
^E1^E2^P14. “Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ~ ajini maṃ ahāsi me”,

2211|1221||2222|1211 pathyā
Ye taṃ na upanayhanti ⁷ ~ veraṃ tesūpasammati.

1122|1221||2221|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P15. Na hi verena verāni ~ sammantīdha kudācanaṃ, ⁸

1221|1221||2122|1212
Averena ca sammanti, ~ esa dhammo sanantano.

1211 |1221||1121|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P16. Pare ca na vijānanti ~ mayam-ettha yamāmase, ⁹

2121|1221||1222|1212
Ye ca tattha vijānanti ~ tato sammanti medhagā.

1212|21122||2121|1212 vip 3
^E1^E2^P17. Subhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ ~ indriyesu asaṃvutaṃ,

2121|1222||1222|1212 pathyā
Bhojanamhi amattaññuṃ, ¹⁰ ~ kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ,

2211|1122||2222|1212 vip 5
Taṃ ve pasahati ¹¹ Māro ~ vāto rukkhaṃ va dubbalaṃ.

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11212|21122||2121|1212 vip 3
^E1^E2^P18. Asubhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ ~ indriyesu susaṃvutaṃ,

2121|1222||2222|1212 pathyā
Bhojanamhi ca mattaññuṃ, ~ saddhaṃ āraddhavīriyaṃ,

22211|1122||2222|1212 vip 5
Taṃ ve nappasahati ¹² Māro ~ vāto selaṃ va pabbataṃ.

1212|2222||22211|1211 vip 3
^E1^E2^P19. Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ ~ yo vatthaṃ paridahessati, ¹³

1221|1221||1222|1211 pathyā
Apeto damasaccena ~ na so kāsāvam-ar^ahati.

2121|1221||2211|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P110. Yo ca vantakasāvassa ~ sīlesu susamāhito,

1221|1221||1222|1211
Upeto damasaccena ~ sa ve kāsāvam-ar^ahati.

1222|1112||2222|1212 vip 1
^E1^E2^P111. Asāre sāramatino ~ sāre cāsāradassino,

2222|1221||2222|1212 pathyā
Te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti ~ micchāsaṅkappagocarā.

2212|1222||1221|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P112. Sārañ-ca sārato ñatvā ~ asārañ-ca asārato,

2221|1221||2222|1212
Te sāraṃ adhigacchanti ~ sammāsaṅkappagocarā.

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1212|2222||2211|1211 vip 3
^E1^E2^P113. Yathā agāraṃ ¹⁴ ducchannaṃ ~ vuṭṭhī ¹⁵ samativijjhati,

2212|1222||2211|1211 pathyā
Evaṃ abhāvitaṃ cittaṃ ~ rāgo samativijjhati.

1212|2222||221 11|1211 vip 3
^E1^E2^P114. Yathā agāraṃ ¹⁶ succhannaṃ ¹⁷ ~ vuṭṭhī ¹⁸ na samativijjhati,

2212|1222||22111|1211 pathyā
Evaṃ subhāvitaṃ cittaṃ ~ rāgo na samativijjhati.

11211|21211 Vetālīya x 4
^E1^E2^P115. Idha socati pecca socati,

212211|21211 ¹⁹
Pāpakārī ubhayattha socati,

2211|21211
So socati so vihaññati

22211|21212
Disvā kammakiliṭṭham-attano.

11211|21211 Vetālīya x 4
^E1^E2^P116. Idha modati pecca modati,

112211|21211
Katapuñño ubhayattha modati,

2211|21211
So modati so pamodati

22211|21212
Disvā kammavisuddhim ²⁰-attano.

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11211|21211 Vetālīya x 4
^E1^E2^P117. Idha tappati pecca tappati,

212211|21211 ²¹
Pāpakārī ubhayattha tappati,

2211|21211
“Pāpaṃ mÕ katan”-ti tappati,

22211|21212
Bhiyyo tappati duggatiṃ gato.

11211|21211 Vetālīya x 4
^E1^E2^P118. Idha nandati pecca nandati,

112211|21211
Katapuñño ubhayattha nandati,

2211|21211
“Puññaṃ mÕ katan”-ti nandati,

22211|21212
Bhiyyo nandati suggatiṃ gato.

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1212,|112|2122 Tuṭṭhubha x 4
^E1^E2^P119. Bahum-pi ce sahitaṃ ²² bhāsamāno,

1212,|211|2122
Na takkaro hoti naro pamatto,

2212|2,11|2122
Gopo va gāvo gaṇayaṃ paresaṃ,

1212,|22|2121 ²³
Na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.

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2212,|112|2122 Tuṭṭhubha x 6
^E1^E2^P120. Appam-pi ce sahitaṃ ²⁴ bhāsamāno,

2212|1,11|2122
Dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī,

2212|21,1|2122
Rāgañ-ca dosañ-ca pahāya mohaṃ,

2212|2,11|2122
Sammappajāno suvimuttacitto,

11212|2,11|2122
Anupādiyāno idha vā huraṃ vā,

1212,|22|2121 ²⁵
Sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.

Yamakavaggo paṭhamo. ²⁶

End Notes

1 BJT, ChS: Yamakavaggo, and so for all the chapter titles from here on; Thai: Dhammapadagāthāya paṭhamo Yamakavaggo, and similarly for all the chapter titles from here on.

2 PTS omits this line

3 PTS: bhāsatī, for a discussion of this reading here and in the next verse see the Introduction to the Prosody.

4 PTS: bhāsatī, cf. vs 1 above.

5 Thai: anupāyinī

6 BJT, PTS: Ye taṃ

7 Thai: Ye taṃ nūpanayhanti; ChS: Ye ca taṃ nupanayhanti

8 PTS: sammant' idha kudacana.

9 Thai: yamāmhase

10 PTS, ChS: cāmattaññuṃ

11 PTS: pasahatī

12 PTS: -pasahatī

13 ChS: paridahissati

14 BJT: yathāgāraṃ

15 BJT, PTS: vuṭṭhi. ī in the text is m.c. to avoid 2 shorts in 2nd & 3rd position. I may state again here that changes in word form are normally only discussed in these notes when there is need to explain why I have taken the reading in the text in preference to a variant reading.

16 BJT: yathāgāraṃ

17 ChS: suchannaṃ

18 BJT, PTS: vuṭṭhi. ī in the text is m.c. to avoid 2 shorts in 2nd & 3rd position.

19 Metre: This is an example of the variant opening discussed in the the Introduction to the Prosody. As Norman (WD) says we could also read Pāpakāri m.c. which would give the syncopated opening 212111 , but note that no manuscripts support the reading.

20 BJT: kammavisuddham

21 Metre: This is an example of the variant opening discussed in the Introduction to the Prosody. We could also read Pāpakāri m.c. which would give the syncopated opening 212111 .

22 ChS: saṃhita

23 Metre: Two short syllables have been replaced by one long one at the 5th, see the Introduction to the Prosody for a discussion of this reading.

24 ChS: saṃhita

25 Metre: Two short syllables have been replaced by one long one at the 5th.

26 ChS: Yamakavaggo paṭhamo niṭṭhito, and so for all the end titles from here on.

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