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# The Patna Dharmapada 421

Patna Dharmapada 421

- **Language:** Prakrit

### [421](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.421)

206 Dhp76  
nidhino va pravattāraṃ yaṃ paśśe vajjadaṃśinaṃ |  
nigṛhyavādiṃ medhāvīṃ tārisaṃ puruṣaṃ bhaje |  
tāriṣaṃ bhajamānassa śreyo hoti na pāpiyo ||

> 206  
> One should associate with a man who points out faults,  
> who reveals treasures, who speaks with reproof, an intelligent one; associate with such a man.  
> For one associating with such a person, it is better, not worse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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