Dhammapada 15
Dhammapada 15
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- Pāli
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Idha socati pecca socati,
Pāpakārī ubhayattha socati;
So socati so vihaññati,
Disvā kammakiliṭṭhamattano.
The evil-doer mourns in this world, and he
[10. With regard to sîla, 'virtue,' see Burnouf, Lotus, p. 547.
11, 12. Sâra, which I have translated by 'truth,' has many meanings in Sanskrit. It means the sap of a thing, then essence or reality; in a metaphysical sense, the highest reality; in a moral sense, truth. It is impossible in a translation to do more than indicate the meaning of such words, and in order to understand them fully, we must know not only their definition, but their history. See Beal, Dhammapada, p. 64.
Translations (9)
- The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1881, English
- Dhammavärsid — et
- Kinh Pháp Cú — vi
- Dhamma-Sprüche — German
- დჰამმაპადა (ჭეშმარიტების სწავლება) — Georgian
- Sayings of the Dhamma — English
- Verses of Dhamma — English
- The Buddha's "Way of Virtue" — W. D. C. Wagiswara & Kenneth J. Saunders 1912, English
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Commentaries (1)
- Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Other recensions (2)
Linked texts (6)
- Peṭakopadesa — Mahākaccāna, Pāli
- 出曜經 — Classical Chinese
- Patna Dharmapada — Prakrit
- 法集要頌經 — Classical Chinese
- 法句經 — Classical Chinese
- Udānavarga — Dharmatrāta, Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A History of Pāli Literature — Law 1933, English
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English