Dhammapada 243
Dhammapada 243
- Language
- Pāli
243
Tato malā malataraṃ,
avijjā paramaṃ malaṃ;
Etaṃ malaṃ pahantvāna,
nimmalā hotha bhikkhavo.
But there is a taint worse than all taints,--ignorance is the greatest taint. O mendicants! throw off that taint, and become taintless!
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 (2)
- Patna Dharmapada — Prakrit
- 法句經 — Classical Chinese
Discussed in (1)
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English