Dhammapada 42
Dhammapada 42
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- Pāli
42
Diso disaṃ yaṃ taṃ kayirā,
verī vā pana verinaṃ;
Micchāpaṇihitaṃ cittaṃ,
pāpiyo naṃ tato kare.
Whatever a hater may do to a hater, or
[40. Anivesana has no doubt a technical meaning, and may signify, one who has left his house, his family and friends, to become a monk. A monk shall not return to his home, but travel about; he shall be anivesana, 'homeless,' anâgâra, 'houseless.' But I doubt whether this can be the meaning of anivesana here, as the sentence, let him be an anchorite, would come in too abruptly. I translate it therefore in a more general sense, let him not return or turn away from the battle, let him watch Mâra, even after he is vanquished, let him keep up a constant fight against the adversary, without being attached to anything or anybody.] an enemy to an enemy, a wrongly-directed mind will do us greater mischief.
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)
- Udāna — Pāli
- Udānavarga — Dharmatrāta, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English