<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p29 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [The Minor Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka) › [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) › [Commentary on the Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha) › 25.12.p29

# Verses on Dhamma 25.12.p29

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 25.12.p29

- **Language:** Pāli

### [25.12.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p29)

‘‘Sāmaṇera sace atthi, tava vikkama porisaṃ;  
Abhinandāmi te vācaṃ, harassu pānīyaṃ mamā’’ti.

> Novice, if you possess strength and manhood  
> (I applaud your words), — take my drinking-water with you.  
> — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

- [Previous: 25.12.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p28)
- [Next: 25.12.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p30)
- [Up: 25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12)

## Translations (1)

- [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.25.12.p38) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p29) · Pramāṇa
