Dhammapada 256: 19. The Just
Dhammapada 256
- Language
- Pāli
256
Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho,
yenatthaṃ sāhasā naye;
Yo ca atthaṃ anatthañca,
ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.
, 257. A man is not just if he carries a matter by violence; no, he who distinguishes both right and wrong, who is learned and leads others, not by violence, but by law and equity, and who is guarded by the law and intelligent, he is called just.
Translations (7)
- The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1881, English
- Dhammavärsid — et
- Kinh Pháp Cú — vi
- Dhamma-Sprüche — German
- Sayings of the Dhamma — English
- Verses of Dhamma — English
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Commentaries (1)
- Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Other recensions (2)
Linked texts (1)
- 法句經 — Classical Chinese
Discussed in (1)
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English