[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) › 26.3 # Verses on Dhamma 26.3: 3. Māravatthu Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 26.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### 3. Māravatthu ### [26.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3.p1) Yassa pāranti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto māraṃ ārabbha kathesi. > \*That man for whom exists neither the far shore.\* This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jetavana with reference to Māra. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) ### [26.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3.p2) So kirekasmiṃ divase aññataro puriso viya hutvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā pucchi – ‘‘bhante, pāraṃ pāranti vuccati, kinnu kho etaṃ pāraṃ nāmā’’ti. Satthā ‘‘māro aya’’nti viditvā, ‘‘pāpima, kiṃ tava pārena, tañhi vītarāgehi pattabba’’nti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha – > The story goes that Māra one day assumed a disguise, approached the Teacher, and asked him, “Reverend Sir, the ‘far shore’ is frequently spoken of. Pray what is this thing that is called the ‘far shore’?” The Teacher knew at once, “This is Māra.” So he said to him, “Evil One, what have you to do with the ‘far shore’? That may be gained only by those who have freed themselves from the lusts.” So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza, > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) ### [26.3.385](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3.385) ‘‘Yassa pāraṃ apāraṃ vā, pārāpāraṃ na vijjati; Vītaddaraṃ visaṃyuttaṃ, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇa’’nti. > 385. That man for whom exists neither the far shore nor the near shore, nor both the far and the near shore, > That man who is fearless and free, that man I call a Brahman. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) ### [26.3.385\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3.385_2) Tattha pāranti ajjhattikāni cha āyatanāni. Apāranti bāhirāni cha āyatanāni. Pārāpāranti tadubhayaṃ. Na vijjatīti yassa sabbampetaṃ ‘‘aha’’nti vā ‘‘mama’’nti vā gahaṇābhāvena natthi, taṃ kilesadarathānaṃ vigamena vītaddaraṃ sabbakilesehi visaṃyuttaṃ ahaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti attho. ### [26.3.385\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3.385_3) Desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti. ### [26.3.385\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3.385_4) Māravatthu tatiyaṃ. ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.26.3.p1) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.384) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.3) · Pramāṇa