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# Verses on Dhamma 10.10.144

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 10.10.144

- **Language:** Pāli

### [10.10.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.10.144)

‘‘Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho,  
Ātāpino saṃvegino bhavātha;  
Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca,  
Samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca;  
Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā,  
Jahissatha dukkhamidaṃ anappaka’’nti.

> 144. Even as a well-bred horse touched by the whip, so be ye ardent and active.  
> By faith, by virtue, by resolution, by meditation, by understanding of the Law,  
> Possessing perfect knowledge and behavior, thoughtful, you will rid yourselves  
> of this great suffering.  
> — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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## Translations (1)

- [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.10.10.p6) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

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