3. Brāhmaṇa
- pdhp34:0.0
Patna Dharmapada
Patna Dhammapada
- pdhp34:0.1
3. Brāhmaṇa
3. The Chapter about Brahmins
- pdhp34:1
chinna sūtraṁ parākrāmma bhavaṁ praṇuda brāhmaṇa ।
Strive and cut off the thread, remove continuity, brahmin,
- pdhp34:2
saṁkhārāṇāṁ khayaṁ ñāttā akathaso si brāhmaṇa ।।
knowing the destruction of the conditioned, you are … brahmin
- pdhp35:1
yamhi dhammaṁ vijāneyā vṛddhamhi daharamhi vā ।
That one from whom one learned Dhamma, whether old or young,
- pdhp35:2
sakkacca naṁ namasseyā aggihotraṁ va brāhmaṇo ।।
with respect bow down to him, like a brahmin bows at fire-sacrifice.
- pdhp36:1
yamhi dhammaṁ vijāneyā sammasaṁbuddhadeśitaṁ ।
That one from whom one learned Dhamma taught by the Perfect Sambuddha,
- pdhp36:2
tam eva apacāyeyā aggihotraṁ va brāhmaṇo ।।
you should honor him, like a brahmin honors the fire-sacrifice.
- pdhp37:1
na jaṭāhi na gotreṇa na jāccā hoti brāhmaṇo ।
Not because of matted hair, family or birth is one a true brahmin,
- pdhp37:2
yo tu bāhati pāpāni aṇutthūlāni sabbaśo ।।
he who wards off wickedness, small or great, in every way,
- pdhp37:3
bāhanā eva pāpānāṁ brahmaṇo ti pravuccati ।
through warding off wickedness, he is called a brahmin.
- pdhp38:1
vārī pukkharapatte vā ārāgre-r-iva sāsavo ।।
Like water on the lotus leaf, like a mustard seed on a needle,
- pdhp38:2
yo na lippati kāmesu tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।
he who is unsmeared by desires, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp39:1
udayaṁ tapati ādicco ratrim ābhāti candramā ।।
The sun is radiant when it rises, the moon shines by night,
- pdhp39:2
sannaddho khattiyo tapati jhāyiṁ tapati brāhmaṇo ।।
the accoutred noble is radiant, the meditating brahmin is radiant,
- pdhp39:3
atha sabbe ahorātte buddho tapati tejasā ।।
yet during every day and night the Buddha is radiant through his power.
- pdhp40:1
yassa pāram apāram vā pārāpāraṁ na vijjati ।
For whom the near shore, the far shore or both do not exist,
- pdhp40:2
vītajjaraṁ visaṁyuttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।
free of fever, detached, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp41:1
yadā dayesu dhammesu pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo ।
When a brahmin has, through two things, crossed over,
- pdhp41:2
athassa sabbe saṁyogā atthaṁ gacchanti jānato ।।
then, for one who knows, all the fetters are laid to rest.
- pdhp42:1
sa khu so khīṇasaṁyogo khīṇamānapunabbhavo ।
He who destroyed the fetter, destroyed conceit and continued existence,
- pdhp42:2
saṁghāvasevī dhammaṭṭho saṁghaṁ na upeti vedagū ।।
living in the Community, standing by Dhamma, the knowing one does not approach society.
- pdhp43:1
akakkaśiṁ vinnapaṇiṁ girāṁ saccam udīraye ।
Whoever should speak a word of truth that is informed and is not coarse,
- pdhp43:2
tāya nābhiṣape kaṁci tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।
through which no one would be cursed, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp44:1
asaṁsaṭṭhaṁ gṛhaṭṭhehi anagārehi cūbhayaṁ ।
Whoever doesn’t mix with either householders or the houseless,
- pdhp44:2
anokasāriṁ appicchaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।
wandering homeless, with few desires, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp45:1
yassa kāyena vācāya manasā nāsti dukkataṁ ।
For whom there is no wrong-doing bodily, verbally or mentally,
- pdhp45:2
saṁvṛtaṁ trisu ṭṭhāṇesu tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।
being restrained in these three things, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp46:1
mā brāhmaṇassa prahare nāssa mucceya brāhmaṇo ।
A brahmin should not hit a brahmin, nor should he abandon him,
- pdhp46:2
dhī brāhmaṇassa hantāraṁ ya ssa vā su na muccati ।।
woe to the one who strikes a brahmin, and to the one who does not abandon him.
- pdhp47:1
mātaraṁ paṭhamaṁ hantā rājānaṁ do ca khattiye ।
Destroying mother first, and then two noble kings,
- pdhp47:2
rāṣṭaṁ sānucaraṁ hantā anigho carati brāhmaṇo ।।
destroying a kingdom and its followers, the brahmin lives untroubled.
- pdhp48:1
gambhīrapraṁñaṁ medhāviṁ māggā ’māggassa kovidaṁ ।
The deeply wise sagacious one, skilled in what is path and not path,
- pdhp48:2
uttamāttham anuprāttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।
who has reached the ultimate good, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp49:1
jhāyiṁ virajam āsīnaṁ katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ ।
The meditator sitting down, the one who is dustless, who has done his duty, without pollutants,
- pdhp49:2
uttamātthaṁ anuprāttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।
who has reached the ultimate good, that one I say is a brahmin.
- pdhp49:3
Brāhmaṇavarggaḥ
The Chapter about Brahmins
SuttaCentral (suttacentral.net), from the bilara-data and sc-data repositories. Licence: CC0 1.0 (root); CC BY-SA 3.0 (translation). Source.