10. Mala
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Patna Dharmapada
Patna Dhammapada
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10. Mala
10. The Chapter about Stains
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asajjhāyamalāvedā anuṭṭhāṇamalā gharā ।
Lack of repetition is the ruin of the Vedā, a lack of maintenance is the ruin of homes,
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malo vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ pramādo rakkhatāṁ malo ।।
indolence is the ruin of one’s appearance, heedlessness is the ruin of those on guard.
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malo istiye duccaritaṁ maccheraṁ dadatāṁ malo ।
Bad conduct is a woman’s stain, stinginess is a giver’s stain,
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malo pāpāni kaṁmāṇi assiṁ loke paramhi ca ।।
wicked deeds are a stain both in this world and in the next.
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tato malataraṁ brūmi avijjā maraṇaṁ malaṁ ।
I say there is a stain worse than that, ignorance is a deadly stain,
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ete male prahattāna niṁmalā caratha bhikkhavo ।।
after abandoning those stains, live without stains, monastics!
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ayasā tu malo samuṭṭhito tato uṭṭhāya tam eva khādati ।
As a rust stain arises from iron, and arisen from that, it eats it away,
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em eva vidhūnacāriyaṁ sakāni kaṁmāṇi nayanti doggatiṁ ।।
so with one who is overindulgent—his deeds lead him to a bad destiny.
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pāṇḍupalāśo ca dāni si yamapuruṣā pi ca te upaṭṭhitā ।
You are now a withered leaf, Yama’s men stand waiting for you,
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uyyogamukhe ca tiṣṭhasi pātheyaṁ pi ca te na vijjati ।।
you stand at decay’s door, with no provisions for the journey found.
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uyyamassa ghaṭassa āttanā kaṁmāro rajataṁ va niddhame ।
You should strive and endeavour by yourself, like a smith, you should remove the stain,
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niddhāntamalo anaṅgano bitiyaṁ ariyabhūmim esi ।।
removing the stain, blemishless, you seek the second noble realm.
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anupūrvveṇa medhāvī thokathokaṁ khaṇe khaṇe ।
The sage gradually, little by little, moment by moment,
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kammāro rajatasseva niddhame malam āttano ।।
should remove the stain from himself, like a smith removes the stain from silver.
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sujīvaṁ ahirīkena saṁkiliṣṭan tu jīvati ।
Life is light for one without shame, he lives a life with defilements,
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prakkhaṇḍinā pragabbheṇa kākaśūreṇa dhansinā ।।
backbiting and recklessness, with the bold courage of a crow.
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hirīmatā tu dujjīvaṁ niccaṁ śucigaveṣiṇā ।
Life is hard when endowed with shame, for the one constantly seeking purity,
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alīnenāpragabbheṇa śuddhājīvena paśśatā ।।
for one sincere, and not reckless, looking for purity of life.
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supaśśaṁ vajjaṁ aṁñesaṁ āttano puna duddaśaṁ ।
Easy to see are others’ fault, but one’s own is hard to see,
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paresām iha vajjāni uppunāti yathā busaṁ ।
for one sifts other peoples’ faults like they were chaff,
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āttano puna chādeti kalim va kṛtavāṁ śaṭho ।।
but conceals one’s own faults, like a crafty player conceals his defeat.
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sukarāṇi asādhūni āttano ahitāni ca ।
Easily done are things not good, and unbeneficial for oneself,
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yaṁ ve hitaṁ ca sādhuñ ca taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ ।।
but that which is beneficial and good is supremely hard to do.
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sukarāṇi asādhūni āttano ahitāni ca ।
Easily done are things not good, and unbeneficial for oneself,
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yāni hitāni sādhūni tāni kurvvanti paṇḍitā ।।
but only those beneficial and good are done by the wise.
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alajjitavve lajjanti lajjitavve na lajjatha ।
They are ashamed of what is not shameful, not ashamed of what is shameful,
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abhaye bhayadaṁśāvī bhaye cābhayadaṁśino ।
seeing fear in what is not fearful, not seeing fear in what is fearful,
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micchadṛṣṭisamādānā sattā gacchanti doggatiṁ ।।
undertaking wrong views, beings go to a bad destiny.
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avajje vajjamatino vajje cāvajjasaṁñino ।
Finding blame in what is blameless, not perceiving blame in what is blameable,
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micchadṛṣṭisamādānā sattā gacchanti doggatiṁ ।।
undertaking wrong views, beings go to a bad destiny.
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asāre sāramatino sāre cā ’sārasaṁñino ।
Finding the essential in the unessential, and perceiving the unessential in the essential,
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te sāran nādhigacchanti micchasaṁkappagocarā ।।
they do not understand what is the essential, and resort to wrong intention.
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sārañ ca sārato ññāttā asārañ ca asārato ।
Knowing the essential in what is essential, and the unessential in what is unessential,
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te sāram adhigacchanti saṁmasaṁkappagocarā ।।
they understand what is essential, and resort to right intention.
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ayoge yuñjiyāttānaṁ yogamhi ca ayuṁjiya ।
Engaging oneself in what is not suitable, not engaging in what is suitable,
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atthaṁ hettā priyaggrāhī pṛhayantatthānuyogināṁ ।।
abandoning the good, grasping the loved, they envy those who endeavour for good.
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Malavarggaḥ
The Chapter about Stains
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