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# Verses on Dhamma 6.8.p5

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 6.8.p5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [6.8.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.8.p5)

Idaṃ vālodakajātakaṃ vitthārena kathetvā ‘‘evaṃ, bhikkhave, sappurisā lokadhammaṃ vivajjetvā sukhitakālepi dukkhitakālepi nibbikārāva hontī’’ti anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha –

> Having related this Vālodaka Jātaka in detail, the Teacher said, "Thus, monks, good men, renouncing the evil principle of desire, are not subject to change in times of happiness or of sorrow." And joining the connection, he instructed them in the Law by pronouncing the following Stanza,  
> — 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.6.8.p10) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

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- [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.83) — Pāli

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