Dhammapada 2: Appamadavagga

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2. Appamādavagga ¹

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^E1^E2^P121. Appamādo amatapadaṃ, ² ~pamādo Maccuno padaṃ,

2122|1221||2122|1212 pathyā
Appamattā na mīyanti, ~ ye pamattā yathā matā.

2212|1222||2122|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P122. Etaṃ visesato ñatvā ~ appamādamhi paṇḍitā,

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Appamāde pamodanti, ~ arⁱyānaṃ gocare ratā.

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^E1^E2^P123. Te jhāyino sātatikā, ~ niccaṃ daḷhaparakkamā,

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Phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṃ, ³ ~ yogakkhemaṃ anuttaraṃ.

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^E1^E2^P124. Uṭṭhānavato satīmato, ⁴

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Sucikammassa nisammakārino,

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Saññatassa ca ⁶ dhammajīvino,

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Appamattassa yasobhivaḍḍhati.

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^E1^E2^P125. Uṭṭhānenappamādena ~ saṃyamena damena ca,

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Dīpaṃ kayⁱrātha medhāvī, ~ yaṃ ogho nābhikīrati.

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^E1^E2^P126. Pamādam-anuyuñjanti ~ bālā dummedhino janā,

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Appamādañ-ca medhāvī ~ dhanaṃ seṭṭhaṃ va rakkhati.

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^E1^E2^P127. Mā pamādam ⁹-anuyuñjetha ~ mā kāmaratisanthavaṃ,

2122|1222||2211|1212 pathyā
Appamatto hi jhāyanto ~ pappoti vipulaṃ sukhaṃ.

1222|1221||1211|1212 pathyā x 3
^E1^E2^P128. Pamādaṃ appamādena ~ yadā nudati paṇḍito,

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Paññāpāsādam ¹⁰-āruyha, ~ asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ,

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Pabbataṭṭho va bhummaṭṭhe ¹¹ ~ dhīro bāle avekkhati.

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^E1^E2^P129. Appamatto pamattesu, ~ suttesu bahujāgaro,

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Abalassaṃ va sīghasso ~ hitvā yāti sumedhaso.

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^E1^E2^P130. Appamādena ¹² Maghavā ~ devānaṃ seṭṭhataṃ gato,

2122|1221||1222|1212 pathyā
Appamādaṃ pasaṃsanti, ~ pamādo gar^ahito sadā.

2121|1221||1221|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P131. Appamādarato bhikkhu, ~ pamāde bhayadassivā,

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Saṃyojanaṃ aṇuṃ-thūlaṃ ~ ḍahaṃ aggīva gacchati.

2121|1221||1221|1212 pathyā x 2
^E1^E2^P132. Appamādarato bhikkhu, ~ pamāde bhayadassivā,

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Abhabbo parihānāya, ¹³ ~ nibbānasseva ¹⁴ santike.

Appamādavaggo dutiyo. ¹⁵

End Notes

1 BJT, ChS: Appamādavaggo; Thai: Dhammapadagāthāya dutiyo Appamādavaggo

2 Thai: amataṃ padaṃ

3 BJT: nibbāṇaṃ, always this spelling

4 BJT, Thai: satimato; -ī- in the text is m.c. to give the normal cadence.

5 Metre: we have to count the first syllable as short here to correct the metre.

6 ChS: omit ca

7 Metre: For this variation in the opening see the Introduction.

8 Metre: this is one place in the Dhammapada where, if the rule of resolution holds, then the metre is wrong, as this is not a known variation. Alternatively (with Norman, WD, pg 68) we could count the 4th syllable as resolved, and we then have pathyā. It seems to me that the former is more likely, the prosody having been disturbed as this line is the opposite of 26a.

9 Metre: we might have expected a reading pamādaṃ, as the labial m is incorrect by normal grammatical standards, and, contra Norman (WD) it doesn't help the metre, which still has to be considered irregular.

10 PTS: paññāpāsādaṃ

11 ChS: bhūmaṭṭhe

12 Editor's note: Thai, appādena, printer's error

13 BJT: parihāṇāya

14 BJT: nibbāṇa-

15 ChS: Appamādavaggo dutiyo niṭṭhito

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