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# Udanavarga 22: 22 śrutavarga

Sanskrit text (after Bernhard 1965; input M. Tokunaga) 22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### 22 śrutavarga

### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.1)

sādhu śrutam sucaritam sādhu ca apy aniketatā /  
pradakṣiṇam pravrajyā ca śrāmaṇyasya anulomikam //

### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.2)

bālā;iha avijānantaś caranti hy amarā;iva /  
vijānatām tu sad dharmam āturasya eva śarvarī //

### [22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.3)

yathā hy agāram succhannam praviśya tamasā sphuṭam /\[.su chhannam.\]  
vidyamānāni rūpāṇi cakṣuṣmān hi na paśyati //

### [22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.4)

tathaiva iha naro nityam jñānavān api yo bhavet /  
aśrutvā na vijānāti dharmān kalyāṇa pāpakān //

### [22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.5)

pradīpena tu rūpāṇi cakṣuṣmān paśyate yathā /  
evam śrutvā vijānāti dharmān kalyāṇa pāpakān //

### [22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.6)

śrutvā dharmān vijānāti śrutvā pāpam na sevate /  
śrutvā hy anartham varjayate śrutvā prāpnoti nirvṛtim //

### [22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.7)

bahu śruto api ced bhavati śīleṣu tv asamāhitaḥ /  
śīlatas tam vigarhanti na asya sampadyate śrutam //

### [22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.8)

alpa śruto api ced bhavati śīleṣu susamāhitaḥ /  
śīlatas tam praśaṃsanti tasya sampadyate śrutam //

### [22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.9)

alpa śruto api ced bhavati śīleṣu tv asamāhitaḥ /  
ubhayatas tam vigarhanti na asya sampadyate vratam //

### [22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.10)

bahu śruto api ced bhavati śīleṣu susamāhitaḥ /  
ubhayatas tam praśaṃsanti tasya sampadyate vratam //

### [22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.11)

bahu śrutam dharma dharam prājñam nityam samāhitam /  
niṣkam jāmbunadasya eva kas tam ninditum arhati //

### [22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.12)

ye me rūpeṇa minvanti ye me ghoṣeṇa ca anvagāḥ /  
chanda rāga vaśa upetā na mām jānanti te janāḥ //  
ye rūpeṇa pramiṇvanti mām ghoṣeṇa anuyānti ca /  
chanda rāga vaśa upetā na mām jānanti te janāḥ //

### [22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.13)

ādhyātmam ca na jānāti bahirdhā tu vipaśyati /  
bahirdhā phala darśī tu sa vai ghoṣeṇa nīyate //

### [22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.14)

ādhyātmam tu prajānāti bahirdhā ca na paśyati /  
ādhyātma phala darśī tu sa vai ghoṣeṇa nīyate //

### [22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.15)

ādhyātmam ca na jānānti bahirdhā ca na paśyati /  
ubhaye aphala darśī tu sa vai ghoṣeṇa nīyate //

### [22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.16)

ādhyātmam ca prajānāti bahirdhā ca vipaśyati /  
sa tu nihsaraṇa prajño na vai ghoṣeṇa nīyate //

### [22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.17)

bahu śṛṇoti śrotreṇa bahū paśyati cakṣuṣā /  
na tad dṛṣṭam śrutam dhīraḥ sarvam śraddhātum arhati //  
śrotreṇa śrūyate bahu dṛśyate bahu cakṣuṣā /  
na tad dṛṣṭam śrutam dhīraḥ sarvam śraddhātum arhati //

### [22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.18)

vijñāna sārāṇi subhāṣitāni jñātam śrutam caiva samādhi sāram /  
na tasya vijñāna śrutam mahā artham yaḥ sāhaso bhavati naraḥ pramattaḥ //

### [22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.22.19)

dharme tu ye hy ārya nivedite ratās tadā carante vacasā yadā āhuḥ /  
te kṣānti sauratya samādhi gocarāḥ śrutasya buddher api sāram adhyaguḥ //

## Linked texts (3)

- [Ched du brjod pa'i tshoms (Kangyur, Toh 326)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*bo.2.16) — Classical Tibetan
- [ཆེད་དུ་བརྗོད་པའི་ཚོམས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*bo-d4099.39) — Classical Tibetan
- [Śarīrārthagāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.yogacarabhumi.sarirarthagatha.22) — Sanskrit

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