[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Dharmapada anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada) › [The Patna Dharmapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada) › 331 # The Patna Dharmapada 331 Patna Dharmapada 331 - **Language:** Prakrit ### [331](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.331) 163 Dhp239 anupūrvveṇa medhāvī thokathokaṃ khaṇe khaṇe | kammāro rajatasseva niddhame malam āttano || > 163 Dhp239 > Gradually, bit by bit, at every moment, / the intelligent one should blow away his own impurity, just as a smith \[blows away the dross\] of silver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 330](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.330) - [Next: 332](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.332) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada~en-mt.331) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.331](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.331) · Pramāṇa