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6. Śoka

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    Patna Dharmapada

    Patna Dhammapada

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    6. Śoka

    6. The Chapter about Grief

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    ye keci śokā paridevitaṁ vā dukkhaṁ va lokamhi anekarūpaṁ ।

    Whatever griefs or lamentations there are, and the many kinds of suffering in the world,

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    priyaṁ paṭicca prabhavanti ete priye asante na bhavanti ete ।।

    these all arise because of love, without loves, these do not originate.

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    tassā hi te sukhino vītaśokā yesaṁ priyaṁ nāsti kahiṁci loke ।

    Therefore they are happy and free from grief, who are without love for anything in the world,

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    tassā aśokaṁ virajaṁ prātthayānā priyaṁ na kayirātha kahiṁci loke ।।

    therefore those wanting what is griefless, dust-free, should not have love for anything in the world.

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    gataddhuno viśokassa vipramuttassa sabbahiṁ ।

    For the one who has reached his goal, who grieves not, being released on all sides,

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    sabbaggrantaprahīṇassa paridāhā na vijjati ।।

    who has abandoned all the knots, no consuming fever is found.

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    yesāṁ sannicayo nāsti ye pariñātabhojanā ।

    For those who have no stores, those who comprehend food aright,

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    ākāśe va śakuntānāṁ padaṁ tesāṁ durannayaṁ ।।

    like the birds in the sky, their footprint is hard to find.

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    śānto tassa mano hoti śāntā vācā ca kaṁmu ca ।

    His mind is calm, his speech and his actions are also calm,

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    saṁmadaṁñāvimuttassa upaśāntassa tāyino ।।

    liberated by right knowledge, such a one is truly peaceful.

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    yassendriyāṇi samathaṁ gatāni aśśā yathā sārathinā sudāntā ।

    For the one whose senses are balanced, like horses well-trained by their charioteer,

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    prahīṇamānassa anāsavassa devā pi tassa prihayanti tāyino ।।

    who has abandoned conceit, who is without pollutants—even the gods envy such a one.

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    dāntaṁ nayanti samitiṁ dāntaṁ rājābhirūhati ।

    They lead one trained into a crowd, a king mounts one who has been trained,

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    dānto śreṣṭho manuṣyesu yo ’tivāde titikkhati ।।

    amongst humans one trained is best, the one who can endure reproof.

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    varam assatarā dāntā ājāneyā ca sendhavā ।

    Noble are the well-trained horses, the well-bred horses from Sindh,

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    kuñjarā va mahānāgā āttā dānto tato varaṁ ।।

    and the great tusker elephants, and even more noble than that is the one who has trained himself.

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    na hi tehi jānajātehi tāṁ bhūmim abhisaṁbhave ।

    Not by these vehicles can one reach that place,

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    yathā ’ttanā sudāntena dānto dāntena gacchati ।।

    as one through training himself well, being trained by the training, goes.

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    śelo yathā ekaghano vātena na samīrati ।

    Just as solid rock is not shaken by the wind,

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    evaṁ nindāpraśaṁsāsu na samīranti paṇḍitā ।।

    so the wise are not shaken by blame or praise.

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    anikkaṣāyo kāṣāyaṁ yo vastaṁ paridhehiti ।

    The one who, while still impure, would wear the renunciant’s robe,

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    apeto damasaccena na so kāṣāyam arihati ।।

    unendowed with restraint and truth, is not worthy of the renunciant’s robe.

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    yo tu vāntakaṣāyassa śīlehi susamāhito ।

    The one who, steady in virtue, throws out any impurity,

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    upeto damasaccena sa ve kāṣāyam arihati ।।

    endowed with restraint and truth, is indeed worthy of the renunciant’s robe.

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    Śokavarggaḥ

    The Chapter about Grief

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