[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) › 76 # The Patna Dharmapada 76 Patna Dharmapada 76 - **Language:** Prakrit ### [76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.76) bāhanā eva pāpānāṃ brāhmaṇo ti pravuccati | Uv33:8 na jaṭābhir na gotreṇa na jātyā brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ | yas tu vāhayate pāpāny aṇusthūlāni sarvaśaḥ | vāhitatvāt tu pāpānāṃ brāhmaṇo vai nirucyate || > by warding off evils is one called a brahmin. > Uv 33.8 > Not by matted locks, not by lineage, not by birth is one regarded as a brahmin; > but who wards off evils, small or great, in every way— / by having warded off evils is one indeed called a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.75) - [Next: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.77) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada~en-mt.76) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.patna_dharmapada.76) · Pramāṇa