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Yassete Text: Yassa te.⁰¹ caturo dhammā saddhassa gharam-esino:

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Saccaṁ dhammo dhiti Text, BJT: dhitī; to give the pathyā cadence. ⁰² cāgo, sa ve pecca na socati. [45]

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Sakid-eva Sutasoma Thai: Mahārāja; an unusually different reading. ⁰³ sabbhi hoti samāgamo,

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Sā naṁ saṅgati pāleti, nāsabbhi bahusaṅgamo. [46]

 

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Sabbhi-r-eva samāsetha, sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ,

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Sataṁ Saddhammam-aññāya - seyyo hoti, na pāpiyo. [47]

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Jīranti ve Rājarathā sucittā,

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Atho sarīram-pi jaraṁ upeti,

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Satañ-ca Dhammo na jaraṁ upeti,

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Santo have sabbhi pavedayanti. [48]

 

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Nabhañ-ca ChS, Thai: Nabhañcaṁ? I don't understand this. ⁰⁴ dūre pathavī ca dūre,

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Pāraṁ samuddassa tad-āhu dūre,

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Tato have dūrataraṁ Text: dūratarā. ⁰⁵ vadanti,

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Satañ-ca Dhammaṁ Text, ChS, Thai: Dhammo; it seems to me though that an accusative is needed. ⁰⁶ asatañ-ca Rāja. [49]

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Dhaññaṁ dhanaṁ rajataṁ jātarūpaṁ,

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Pariggahañ-cāpi ChS, Thai: Pariggahaṁ vāpi. ⁰⁷ yad-atthi kiñci,

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Dāsā kammakarā pessā, ye cassa anujīvino.

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Sabbaṁ n' ādāya gantabbaṁ, sabbaṁ nikkhippagāminaṁ. Text: -gāmiyaṁ; Thai: nikkhīpa-. ⁰⁸ [50]

 

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Yañ-ca karoti kāyena, vācāya udacetasā,

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Tañ-hi tassa sakaṁ hoti, tañ-ca ādāya gacchati,

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Tañ-cassa anugaṁ hoti, chāyā va anapāyinī. [51]

 

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Tasmā kareyya kalyāṇaṁ, nicayaṁ samparāyikaṁ,

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Puññāni paralokasmiṁ patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinaṁ. [52]

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Dhanaṁ caje yo pana aṅgahetu, ChS, Thai: Caje dhanaṁ aṅgavarassa hetu? ⁰⁹

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Aṅgaṁ caje jīvitaṁ rakkhamāno;

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Aṅgaṁ dhanaṁ jīvitañ-cāpi sabbaṁ,

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Caje naro Dhammam-anussaranto. [53]

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Dhammo have rakkhati Dhammacāriṁ,

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Dhammo suciṇṇo sukham-āvahāti,

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Esānisaṁso Dhamme suciṇṇe, There has been replacement of two light by one heavy syllable in the break. ¹¹

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Na duggatiṁ gacchati Dhammacārī. [54]

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Na hi Dhammo adhammo ca ubho samavipākino,

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Adhammo Nirayaṁ neti, Dhammo pāpeti Suggatiṁ. [55]

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Kammaṁ vijjā Text: Kammavijjā. ¹² ca dhammo ca, sīlaṁ jīvitam-uttamaṁ,

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Etena maccā sujjhanti, na gottena dhanena vā. [56]

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Vācaṁ manañ-ca paṇidhāya sammā,

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Kāyena pāpāni akubbamāno,

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Bahunnapānaṁ Text, BJT: Bavhanna-; presumably in the same meaning. ¹³ gharam-āvasanto,

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Saddho mudū saṁvibhāgī vadaññū,

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Saṅgāhako sakhilo saṇhavāco -

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Etthaṭṭhito Text, Thai: Ettaṭhito, against the expected gemination and the normal opening of the metre. ¹⁴ paralokaṁ na bhāye. [57]

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Yassete caturo dhammā, Vānarinda, yathā tava:

−−−−¦⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   savipulā
Saccaṁ dhammo dhiti BJT: dhitī; which gives the pathyā cadence. ¹⁵ cāgo, diṭṭhaṁ so ativattati. [58]

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Yassete ca Text and BJT both: yassa ete, despite the previous verse. ¹⁶ tayo dhammā, Vānarinda yathā tava:

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Dakkhiyaṁ sūriyaṁ paññā, Text, BJT: paññaṁ; the Comm. explains dakkhiyaṁ by dakkhabhāvo, and sūriyaṁ by sūrabhāvo; and says: paññā ti paññāpadaṭṭhānāya upāyapaññāyetaṁ nāmaṁ. ¹⁷ diṭṭhaṁ so ativattati. [59]

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Ukkaṭṭhe sūram-icchanti; mantīsu akutūhalaṁ;

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Piyañ-ca Text: Piye ca; plural form. ¹⁸ annapānamhi, atthe jāte ca Paṇḍitaṁ. [60]

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Jagatī
Yo pāṇabhūtāni Text, BJT: pāṇabhūtesu. ¹⁹ aheṭhayaṁ caraṁ,

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Parūpavādā na karoti Text, BJT, ChS: karonti; plural form, where a singular is needed. ²⁰ pāpaṁ,

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Bhīruṁ pasaṁsanti, na Thai: na hi; we would then need to understand it as extended, with a pause and restart at the 5th syllable. ²¹ tattha sūraṁ,

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Bhayā hi santo na karonti pāpaṁ. [61]

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Dullabho Purisājañño, na so sabbattha jāyati,

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Yattha so jāyate ChS: jāyati; in which case we have savipulā; Thai: jāyatī. ²² Dhīro, taṁ kulaṁ sukham-edhati. [62]