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Dhammapada 167–178

Lokavagga

13. The World · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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lowlyHīnaṁ thingdhammaṁ notna should resort toseveyya,
by negligencepamādena notna should abidesaṁvase;
wrong viewMicchādiṭṭhiṁ notna should resort toseveyya,
notna should besiyā perpetuator of the worldlokavaḍḍhano.

one should get upUttiṭṭhe should not be heedlessnappamajjeyya,
dhammadhammaṁ good conductsucaritaṁ should livecare;
one of good conductDhammacārī at easesukhaṁ sleepsseti,
in thisasmiṁ worldloke in the nextparamhi andca.

by principleDhammaṁ one should livecare with good conductsucaritaṁ,
notna itnaṁ badlyduccaritaṁ one should conduct oneselfcare;
one of good conductDhammacārī at easesukhaṁ sleepsseti,
in thisasmiṁ worldloke in the nextparamhi andca.

asYathā a bubblepubbuḷakaṁ one would look uponpasse,
asyathā one would look uponpasse a miragemarīcikaṁ;
thusEvaṁ the worldlokaṁ one who regardsavekkhantaṁ,
the King of Deathmaccurājā notna seespassati.

comeEtha see thispassathimaṁ worldlokaṁ,
decked outcittaṁ like a fancy royal chariotrājarathūpamaṁ;
hereYattha foolsbālā foundervisīdanti,
there is nonatthi chainsaṅgo for the discerningvijānataṁ.

whoYo butca previouslypubbe having been heedlesspamajjitvā,
afterwardspacchā heso is not heedlessnappamajjati;
thisSomaṁ worldlokaṁ illuminespabhāseti,
from cloudsabbhā like freedmuttova mooncandimā.

whoseYassa badpāpaṁ donekataṁ deed,kammaṁ,
by the goodkusalena is supplanted;pidhīyati;
heSomaṁ worldlokaṁ shines upon,pabhāseti,
from cloudsabbhā freed likemuttova the moon.candimā.

blind becomeAndhabhūto thisayaṁ worldloko,
few heretanukettha clearly seesvipassati;
birdSakuṇo like freed from netjālamuttova,
fewappo to heavensaggāya gogacchati.

swans by the sun's pathHaṁsādiccapathe they goyanti,
through the skyākāse they goyanti by psychic poweriddhiyā;
they are led outNīyanti the attentivedhīrā from the worldlokamhā,
having vanquishedjetvā Māramāraṁ with his legionssavāhiniṁ.

oneEkaṁ dhammadhammaṁ of one who has transgressedatītassa,
of a liarmusāvādissa of a personjantuno;
of one who has transcended the next worldVitiṇṇaparalokassa,
there is notnatthi evilpāpaṁ not to be doneakāriyaṁ.

notNa indeedve miserly oneskadariyā to the heaven worlddevalokaṁ they govajanti,
foolsBālā indeedhave they do not praisenappasaṁsanti givingdānaṁ;
the attentive oneDhīro andca givingdānaṁ celebratinganumodamāno,
by that very thingTeneva heso ishoti happysukhī in the hereafterparattha.

over the earthPathabyā by sole kingshipekarajjena,
of heavensaggassa by goinggamanena orvā;
by lordship over all the worldSabbalokādhipaccena,
the fruit of stream-entrysotāpattiphalaṁ is bettervaraṁ.
the chapter on the worldLokavaggo the thirteenthterasamo.

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