Dhammapada 51
Dhammapada 51
- Language
- Pāli
51
Yathāpi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ,
vaṇṇavantaṃ agandhakaṃ;
Evaṃ subhāsitā vācā,
aphalā hoti akubbato.
Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.
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)
- Theragāthā — 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 (1)
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English