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Dhammapada 256–272

Dhammaṭṭhavagga

19. The Just · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho,
yenatthaṁ sāhasā naye;
Yo ca atthaṁ anatthañca,
ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.

Asāhasena dhammena,
samena nayatī pare;
Dhammassa gutto medhāvī,
“dhammaṭṭho”ti pavuccati.

Na tena paṇḍito hoti,
yāvatā bahu bhāsati;
Khemī averī abhayo,
“paṇḍito”ti pavuccati.

Na tāvatā dhammadharo,
yāvatā bahu bhāsati;
Yo ca appampi sutvāna,
dhammaṁ kāyena passati;
Sa ve dhammadharo hoti,
yo dhammaṁ nappamajjati.

Na tena thero so hoti,
yenassa palitaṁ siro;
Paripakko vayo tassa,
“moghajiṇṇo”ti vuccati.

Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca,
ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo;
Sa ve vantamalo dhīro,
“thero” iti pavuccati.

Na vākkaraṇamattena,
vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā;
Sādhurūpo naro hoti,
issukī maccharī saṭho.

Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ,
mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ;
Sa vantadoso medhāvī,
“sādhurūpo”ti vuccati.

Na muṇḍakena samaṇo,
abbato alikaṁ bhaṇaṁ;
Icchālobhasamāpanno,
samaṇo kiṁ bhavissati.

Yo ca sameti pāpāni,
aṇuṁthūlāni sabbaso;
Samitattā hi pāpānaṁ,
“samaṇo”ti pavuccati.

Na tena bhikkhu so hoti,
yāvatā bhikkhate pare;
Vissaṁ dhammaṁ samādāya,
bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.

Yodha puññañca pāpañca,
bāhetvā brahmacariyavā;
Saṅkhāya loke carati,
sa ve “bhikkhū”ti vuccati.

Na monena munī hoti,
mūḷharūpo aviddasu;
Yo ca tulaṁva paggayha,
varamādāya paṇḍito.

Pāpāni parivajjeti,
sa munī tena so muni;
Yo munāti ubho loke,
“muni” tena pavuccati.

Na tena ariyo hoti,
yena pāṇāni hiṁsati;
Ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ,
“ariyo”ti pavuccati.

Na sīlabbatamattena,
bāhusaccena vā pana;
Atha vā samādhilābhena,
vivittasayanena vā.

Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ,
aputhujjanasevitaṁ;
Bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi,
appatto āsavakkhayaṁ.
Dhammaṭṭhavaggo ekūnavīsatimo.

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