16. Vācā

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Patna Dharmapada
Patna Dhammapada
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16. Vācā
16. The Chapter about Verbalising
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vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvṛto kāyena yo akuśalaṁ na sevati।
Verbally guarded, well-restrained in mind, he who does not practice a wrong deed with the body,
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etettayo kaṁmapathe viśodhiya prāppojja so śāntipadaṁ anuttaraṁ ।।
purifying these three paths of action, would attain the unsurpassed state of peace.
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kāyapradoṣaṁ rakkheyā kāyena saṁvṛto siyā ।
One should guard against bodily faults, one should be restrained bodily,
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kāyaduccaritaṁ hettā kāyena sucaritaṁ care ।।
abandoning wrong bodily conduct, one should have good bodily conduct.
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vācāpradoṣaṁ rakkheyā vācāya saṁvṛto siyā ।
One should guard against verbal faults, one should be restrained verbally,
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vācāduccaritaṁ hettā vācāya sucaritaṁ care ।।
abandoning wrong verbal conduct, one should have good verbal conduct.
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manapradoṣaṁ rakkheyā manasā saṁvṛto siyā ।
One should guard against mental faults, one should be restrained mentally,
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manoduccaritaṁ hettā manasā sucaritaṁ care ।।
abandoning wrong mental conduct, one should have good mental conduct.
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kāyena saṁvṛtā dhīrā vācāya utta cetasā ।
The wise are restrained bodily, verbally and also mentally,
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sabbattha saṁvṛtā dhīrā te ve suparisaṁvṛtā ।।
the wise are restrained in every way, they are indeed very well-restrained.
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porāṇam etaṁ ādhora na etaṁ ahunā-r-iva ।
This is something of old, Ādhora, this is not something of today:
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nindanti tohnim āsīnaṁ nindanti mitabhāṇikaṁ ।
they blame the one who sits silently, they blame the one who talks in moderation,
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bahubhāṇikaṁ pi nindanti nāsti loke anindito ।।
they blame the one who talks a lot, there is no one in the world not blamed.
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na cābhu na ca bhaviṣyati na cetarahi vijjati ।
There was not and there will not be, and at present there is not found
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ekāntanindito poṣo ekāntaṁ vā praśaṁsito ।।
a person totally blameworthy, or one totally praiseworthy.
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yañ ca bālā adhaṁmaṭṭhaṁ pūjeyu garaheyu vā ।
He who would worship or reproach the one who is unrighteous,
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aviñūṁ avibhāvāya na taṁ atthāya kāyaci ।।
a fool with lack of intelligence, that is to no purpose.
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yaṁ ca viñū praśaṁsanti anuvicca suve suve ।
The one who, after being examined day by day, is praised by the wise,
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acchidravattiṁ medhāviṁ praṁñāśīlasamāhitaṁ ।।
faultless in conduct, sagacious, attending to virtue and wisdom,
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nikkhaṁ jāṁbūnadasseva ko taṁ ninditum arihati ।
one who is like a golden coin, who is there worthy to blame him?
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devā pi naṁ praśansanti brahmuṇā pi praśaṁsito ।।
That one is praised by the gods, and has been praised by the Brahmās too.
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na vākkaraṇamātteṇa vannapukkhalatāya vā ।
Not by eloquence only, or by a beautiful complexion,
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sādhurūpī naro hoti iśśukī maccharī śaṭho ।।
is a person honourable, if still jealous, selfish and deceitful.
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yamhi saccaṁ ca dhammo ca viratī saṁyyamo damo ।
In whom is truth, Dhamma, abstinence, restraint and good training,
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sa vāntadoṣo medhāvī sādhurūpī ti vuccati ।।
that sage who has thrown out hatred is said to be honourable.
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bahuṁ pi ce sahitaṁ bhāṣamāno na takkaro hoti naro pramatto ।
Even though reciting abundant scriptures, the heedless fellow, who does not do what they say,
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gopo va gāvo gaṇayaṁ paresaṁ na bhāgavā śāmaṇṇassa hoti ।।
like a cowboy counting other’s cattle, does not partake of the ascetic life.
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appaṁ pi ce sahitaṁ bhāṣamāno dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī ।
Even though reciting but few scriptures, but living righteously in accordance with Dhamma,
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rāgaṁ ca doṣaṁ ca prahāya mohaṁ vimuttacitto akhilo akaṁcho ।
abandoning greed, hate and delusion, with mind released, completely without doubt,
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anupādiyāno iha vā hure vā sa bhāgavā śāmannassa hoti ।।
that one, unattached here and hereafter, surely partakes of the ascetic life.
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saccaṁ bhaṇe na kujjheyā deyā appā pi yācito ।
One should speak out the truth, one should not get angry, when requested you should give, if only a little,
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etehi ttihi ṭṭhāṇehi gacche devāna santike ।।
through these three conditions one can go to the presence of the gods.
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na ve kadāryyā devalokaṁ vrajanti bālā hi bhe na praśaṁsanti dānaṁ ।
The miserly go not to the world of the gods, fools surely do not praise giving,
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dhīro tu dānaṁ anumodamāno teneva so devalokaṁ pareti ।।
but the wise one rejoices in giving, and through that he goes to the world of the gods.
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śīlavantaṁ śuciṁ dacchaṁ dhammaṭṭhaṁ saccavādinaṁ ।
Having virtue, being pure and clever, principled, knowing the truths,
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āttano kārakaṁ śantaṁ taṁ jano kurute priyaṁ ।।
the good one doing the deeds that are his own, that one the people love.
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śreyo ayoguḍā bhuttā tattā aggiśikhopamā ।
It’s better to have eaten glowing iron balls, like flames of fire,
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yaṁ ca bhuñjeya duśśīlo rāṣṭapiṇḍaṁ asaṁyyato ।।
than that the monastic who is unrestrained and unvirtuous should enjoy the country’s almsfood.
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kuśo yathā duggṛhīto hastam evānukaṁtati ।
As kusa grass, wrongly grasped, cuts into the hand,
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śāmannaṁ dupparāmāṭṭhaṁ nirayāya upakaṭṭati ।।
so does the ascetic life, wrongly grasped, drag one down to the underworld.
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ekadhaṁmam atītassa muṣāvādissa jaṁtuno ।
For the person speaking falsely, who has transgressed in this one thing,
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vitinnaparalokassa nāsti pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ ।।
who has abandoned the next world, there is no wickedness left undone.
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na hi śastaṁ suniśitaṁ viṣaṁ hālāhalaṁ tathā ।
For not a well-sharpened sword, or even deadly poison,
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evaṁ khipraṁ atipāteti vācā dubbhāṣitā yathā ।।
destroy quite as quickly as words that are badly spoken.
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puruṣassa jāyamānassa kuṭhārī jāyate mukhe ।
For with the birth of a man an axe is born in his mouth,
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yāya chindati āttānaṁ vācaṁ dubbhāṣitaṁ bhaṇaṁ ।।
with which he cuts himself speaking a word that is badly spoken.
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yo hi nindiye praśaṁsati uttavā nindati yo praśaṁsiye ।
He who praises the blameworthy, or he who blames the praiseworthy,
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vicināti mukhena so kaliṁ kalinā tena sukhaṁ na vindati ।।
piles up bad fortune with his mouth, and because of that bad fortune he does not find happiness.
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appāmātto ayaṁ kalī yo akkhehi dhanaṁ parājaye ।
(Compared to) he who has a small measure of bad fortune through dice and loses his wealth,
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sabbassaṁ pi sahāpi āttanā
everything (he owns), together with his self;
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ayam eva mahataro kalī yo sugatesu manaṁ pradūṣaye ।।
this is indeed a far greater bad fortune: he who has a corrupt mind aimed at those faring well.
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śataṁ sahasrāṇi nirabbudānāṁ chattrīśatiṁ paṁca ca abbudāni ।
For one hundred and thirty-six thousand nirabbudas, and five abbudas,
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yaṁ ayiragarahī nirayaṁ upeti vācaṁ manaṁ ca praṇidhāya pāpikāṁ ।।
he goes to hell through reproaching the noble ones, having wicked verbal and mental intentions.
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kallāṇim eva bhāṣeyā na ’ssa mucceya pāpikā ।
He should speak wholesomely, he should not speak wickedly,
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mokkho kallāṇiye śreyo muttā tapati pāpikāṁ ।।
the speaking of what is wholesome is best, having spoken wickedly he suffers.
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kallāṇim eva seveyā na ’ssa mucceya pāpikā ।
He should practice wholesomely, he should not speak wickedly,
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mokkho kallāṇiye śreyo muttā tapati pāpikāṁ ।।
the speaking of what is wholesome is best, having spoken wickedly he suffers.
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vācaṁ bhāṣeyā kallāṇiṁ na ’ssa mucceya pāpikā ।
He should speak wholesome words, he should not speak wickedly,
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jātaṁ krodhaṁ nivāreyā so biṣabbhi nirujjhati ।।
arisen anger he should constrain, he ceases from hatred.
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Vācāvarggaḥ
The Chapter about Verbalising

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