12. Daṇḍa
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Patna Dharmapada
Patna Dhammapada
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12. Daṇḍa
12. The Chapter about the Stick
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nanaggacariyā najaṭānapaṁko nānāśanaṁtthaṇḍīlaśāyikā vā।
Neither going naked, nor matted hair, nor mud, nor fasting or lying on stony ground,
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rajocelaṁ ukkuṭukapradhānaṁ śodhenti māccaṁ avitiṇṇakaṁchaṁ ।।
dusty clothes, or striving while squatting, can purify a mortal who has not removed uncertainty.
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alaṁkato cāpi samaṁ careyā dānto śānto niyato dhammacārī ।
Even if he were to adorn himself, but is trained, peaceful, settled, living by Dhamma,
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sabbesu prāṇesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ so brāhmaṇo so śamaṇo sa bhikkhū ।।
and has put aside the stick towards all living beings, he is a brahmin, an ascetic, a monastic.
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mā vade paruṣaṁ kaṁci vuttā paṭivadeyu taṁ ।
Do not speak anything harsh, spoken to they might answer back to you,
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dukkhā hi sārambhakathā paṭidaṇḍā phuseyu taṁ ।।
for arrogant talk entails misery, and they might strike you back with a stick.
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sace iresi āttānaṁ kaṁso upahato-r-iva ।
If you make a sound like a gong that is struck,
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jātimaraṇasaṁsāraṁ ciraṁ praccanubhohisi ।।
you will undergo the rounds of births and deaths for a long time.
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na ce iresi āttānaṁ kaṁso anupahato-r-iva ।
If you make no sound like a gong that is not struck,
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esa prātto si nibbāṇaṁ sārambhā te na vijjati ।।
you are like one who has attained Nibbāna, contention is not found in you.
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yathā daṇḍena gopālo gāvo pājeti gocaraṁ ।
Like a cowherd with a stick drives cattle to pasture,
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evaṁ jarā ca maccū ca prāṇināṁ adhivattati ।।
so do old age and death overpower living beings.
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yathā daṇḍena gopālo gāvo rakṣati sāmināṁ ।
Like a cowherd with a stick protects the owner’s cattle,
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evaṁ rakkhatha āttānaṁ khaṇo vo mā upaccagū ।
so one should watch over oneself, and you should not let the moment pass,
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khaṇātītā hi śocanti nirayamhi samappitā ।।
for when the chance has passed they grieve when consigned to the underworld.
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sabbe trasanti daṇḍānāṁ sabbesaṁ jīvitaṁ priyaṁ ।
Everyone trembles at sticks, for all of them life is dear,
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āttānaṁ upamaṁ kattā neva haṁyyā na ghātaye ।।
comparing oneself with others, one should not hurt or have them hurt.
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sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena vihiṁsati ।
One who harms with a stick beings who desire happiness,
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āttano sukham eṣāṇo precca so na labhate sukhaṁ ।।
while seeking happiness for himself, won’t find happiness after death.
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sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena na vihiṁsati ।
One who harms not with a stick beings who desire happiness,
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āttano sukham eṣāṇo precca so labhate sukhaṁ ।।
while seeking happiness for himself, will find happiness after death.
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na bhajetha pāpake mitre na bhajetha puruṣā ’dhame ।
One should not keep company with wicked friends, one should not keep company with the ignoble,
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bhajetha praṁñe medhāvī bhajetha puruṣottame ।
you should keep company with the sage and wise, you should keep company with superior people.
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tārise bhajamānassa śreyo hoti na pāpiyo ।।
keeping company with such is surely better for you, not worse.
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nidhino va pravattāraṁ yaṁ paśśe vajjadaṁśinaṁ ।
One should regard someone who shows your faults just like one who points out hidden treasure,
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nigṛhyavādiṁ medhāvīṁ tārisaṁ puruṣaṁ bhaje ।
one should keep company with such a sagacious person who reproves you;
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tārisaṁ bhajamānassa śreyo hoti na pāpiyo ।।
keeping company with such is surely better for you, not worse.
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ovadeyā anuśāseyā asabbhāto nivāraye ।
One should advise and instruct, and forbid whatever is vile,
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satāṁ hetaṁ priyaṁ hoti asatāṁ hoti apriyaṁ ।।
for this is dear to the good, but it is not dear to the bad.
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tassā satāñ ca asatāñ ca nānā hoti ito gatī ।
Therefore the good and the bad from here go to various destinies,
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asanto nirayaṁ yānti santo saggaparāyaṇā ।।
the bad go to the underworld, the good cross over to heaven.
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appaśśuto ayaṁ puruṣo balivaddo va jīrati ।
The person of little learning increases in age like an ox,
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māṁsāni tassa vaddhanti praṁñā tassa na vaddhati ।।
for although his flesh does increase, his wisdom does not increase.
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cattāri ṭṭhānāni naro pramatto āpajjate paradāropasevī ।
There are four states the man who is heedless, the man who consorts with other man’s wives, undergoes:
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apuṁñalābhaṁ anikāmaśeyaṁ nindaṁ tritīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ ।।
he gains demerit, an uncomfortable bed, blame as third, and rebirth in the underworld as fourth.
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apuṁñalābho ca gatī ca pāpiko bhītassa bhītāya ratī pi appikā ।
Gaining demerit and a bad destiny, and only the little delight of a scared man with a scared woman,
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rājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ praṇeti kāyassa bhedā nirayaṁ upeti ।।
and kings who apply heavy punishment, at the break up of the body he goes to the underworld.
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saṁyyatā sugatiṁ yānti doggatiṁ yānti asaṁyyatā ।
The restrained go to a good destiny, the unrestrained go to a bad destiny,
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mā ssu viśśāsam āpādi iti vindu samaṁ care ।।
thinking: “I should not exhibit confidence,” the wise one wanders peacefully.
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mā kuñjara nāgam āsida dukkho kuñjara nāgamaṁsado ।
Do not, elephant, approach the Buddha, for there is suffering, elephant, in approaching the Buddha,
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na hi nāgahatassa kuñjara sugatī hoti ito paraṁ yato ।।
for the one who attacks the Buddha, elephant, does not go from here to a good destiny.
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giriduggavicāriṇaṁ yathā sīhaṁ parvvatapaṭṭhigocaraṁ ।
As a lion wanders his mountain fortress, his resort on the mountainside,
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naravīram apetabheravaṁ mā hiṁsittha anomanikramaṁ ।।
do not hurt the man-hero, the one without fear, the one of superior effort.
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ahaṁ nāgo va saṁggrāme cāpātipatite sare ।
Like an elephant in battle endures arrows shot from bow
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atīvāde titikkhāmi duśśīlo hi bahujano ।।
so will I endure abuse, for many people are unvirtuous.
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Daṇḍavarggaḥ
The Chapter about the Stick
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