Dhammapada 23: Nagavagga

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23. Nāgavagga ¹

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1222|1222||2221|1212 pathyā x2
^E1^E2^P1320. Ahaṃ nāgo va saṅgāme ~ cāpāto ² patitaṃ saraṃ

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Ativākyaṃ titikkhissaṃ, ~ dussīlo hi bahujjano.

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^E1^E2^P1321. Dantaṃ nayanti samitiṃ ~ dantaṃ rājābhirūhati,

2222|1221||2122|1211 pathyā
Danto seṭṭho manussesu ~ yotivākyaṃ titikkhati.

1121|1222||2222|1212 pathyā x2
^E1^E2^P1322. Varam-assatarā dantā ~ ājānīyā ca sindhavā

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Kuñjarā ca mahānāgā, ~ attadanto tato varaṃ.

1122|1221||2211|1212 pathyā x2
^E1^E2^P1323. Na hi etehi yānehi ~ gaccheyya agataṃ disaṃ,

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Yathattanā ³ sudantena, ~ danto dantena gacchati.

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11211|21212 Vetālīya x 4
^E1^E2^P1324. DhanapālakÖ ⁴ nāma kuñjaro

1121212|21212 irregular ⁵
Kaṭukappabhedano ⁶ dunnivārayo,

2211|21211
Baddho kabalaṃ ⁷ na bhuñjati,

1111211|21212
Sumarati nāgavanassa kuñjaro.

2212|21,1|2121 Tuṭṭhubha x 4
^E1^E2^P1325. Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,

2212,|211|2122
Niddāyitā samparivattasāyī,

1212|21,1|2122
Mahāvarāho va nivāpapuṭṭho,

1212,|211|2122
Punappunaṃ gabbham-upeti mando.

1212,|211|21212 Jagatī x 4
^E1^E2^P1326. Idaṃ pure cittam-acāri cārikaṃ

2212,|212|21212
Yenicchakaṃ yatthakāmaṃ yathāsukhaṃ,

1212,|212|21212
Tad-ajjahaṃ niggahessāmi yoniso,

2212|2,11|21212
Hatthim-pabhinnaṃ ⁸ viya aṅkusaggaho.

2121|1221||1211|1211 pathyā x2
^E1^E2^P1327. Appamādaratā hotha ~ sacittam-anurakkhatha,

2221|1222||2222|1212
Duggā uddharathattānaṃ ~ paṅke sanno va kuñjaro.

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1212|1,11|2122 Tuṭṭhubha x 4
^E1^E2^P1328. Sace labhetha nipakaṃ sahāyaṃ

2212,|211|2122
Saddhiṃcaraṃ sādhuvihāridhīraṃ,

11212|21,1|2121
Abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni

121,2|211|2122
Careyya tenattamano satīmā.

2212|1,11|2122 Tuṭṭhubha x 3
^E1^E2^P1329. No ce labhetha nipakaṃ sahāyaṃ

2212,|211|2122
Saddhiṃcaraṃ sādhuvihāridhīraṃ,

2212|2,11|2121
Rājā va raṭṭhaṃ vijitaṃ pahāya

2212,|2212|2122 irregular ⁹
Eko care mātaṅgaraññe va nāgo.

2211|1222||2122|121 pathyā
^E1^E2^P1330. Ekassa caritaṃ seyyo ~ natthi bāle sahāyatā,

2212,|112|2122 Tuṭṭhubha
Eko care na ca pāpāni kayⁱrā,

2222,|2212|2122 irregular ¹⁰
Appossukko mātaṅgaraññe va nāgo.

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2212|21,1|2122 Tuṭṭhubha x 4
^E1^E2^P1331. Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā

2212|2,11|2121
Tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena

2212,|211|2121
Puññaṃ sukhaṃ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi

2212|21,1|2122
Sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṃ pahāṇaṃ.

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1222|1222||1222|1212 pathyā x2
^E1^E2^P1332. Sukhā matteyyatā loke, ~ atho petteyyatā sukhā,

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Sukhā sāmaññatā loke, ~ atho brahmaññatā sukhā.

1221|1222||1222|1212 pathyā x2
^E1^E2^P1333. Sukhaṃ yāva jarā sīlaṃ, ¹¹ ~ sukhā saddhā patiṭṭhitā,

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Sukho paññāya paṭilābho, ~ pāpānaṃ akaraṇaṃ sukhaṃ.

Nāgavaggo tevīsatimo. ¹²

End Notes

1 BJT, ChS: Nāgavaggo; Thai: Dhammapadagāthāya Tevīsatimo Nāgavaggo

2 ChS: cāpato

3 BJT, Thai, ChS: yathāttanā

4 ChS: Dhanapālo

5 Metre: this line is hypermetric by two mattā (or by one mattā if we understand -pabhedanÖ m.c.); the vv.lls here are an attempt to repair the metre, the PTS reading is based on just one of the old Thai manuscripts (and assumes the short -o). The ChS reading looks very much like one of the frequent scribal `corrections' introduced into that edition.

6 PTS: kaṭukapabhedano; ChS: kaṭukabhedano.

7 ChS: kabaḷaṃ

8 Thai, ChS: Hatthippabhinnaṃ

9 Metre: this line is irregular, and cannot be taken as the extended form of the metre that sometimes turns up, as there is no caesura after the 5th.

10 Metre: as in the previous verse this line is irregular by normal standards. Note that it also has the Vedic opening.

11 PTS: sīlam, printer's error

12 ChS: Nāgavaggo tevīsatimo niṭṭhito

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