⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
abhittaretha kallāṇe pāpā cittaṁnivāraye|

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
daṁdhaṁhikaratopuṁñaṁ pāpamhi ramatemano||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
kayⁱra Three times we have to ignore the svarabhakti vowel in this word and its cognate in this verse. ce puruṣo pāpaṁ na naṁ kayⁱrā punappuno |

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−  mavipulā
na tamhi chanda[ṁ] kayⁱrātha dukkho pāpassa sa[ṁ]cayo ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
kayⁱra ce puruṣo pu[ṁ]ña[ṁ] kay[ⁱ]ra cena[ṁ] punappuno |

−⏑−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
tamh[i] eva chanda[ṁ] kayⁱrātha The metre in this line is incorrect, we could read tamheva, which would give mavipulā, and as the supposed -i is not visible this may be the correct reading. sukho puṁñassa saṁcayo ||

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
śuddhasseva sadā phaggū suddasso Read: suddhasso. 'poṣatho sadā |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
śuddhassa śucikammassa sadā saṁpajjate vrataṁ ||

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
akataṁ dukkataṁ śreyo pacchā tapati dukkataṁ |

−⏑−−⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vaitālīya x 2
dukkataṁ me kataṁ ti śocati This line shows the variant opening discussed in The Prosody of the Dhammapada. Even so we must read mĕ to fully correct the metre (also in the next verse). bhūyo śocati doggatiṁ gato ||

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
katañ ca sukataṁ sādhu yaṁ kattā nānutappati |

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vaitālīya x 2
sukataṁ me I read mĕ here to give the normal opening. kataṁ ti nandati bhūyo nandati soggatiṅ gato ||

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
pāpo pi paśśate bhadraṁ yāva pāpaṁ na paccati |

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yadā tu paccate pāpaṁ atha pāpo pāpāni paśśati This line (which is confirmed by the Pāḷi reading) is hypermetric by 2 syllables. Norman, in his comment in Word of the Doctrine to the parallel to this verse, suggests it may be a Vaitālīya line, but this opening is not normally seen in the Vaitālīya, and it seems better to take it as a hypermetric śloka. Similarly for the following verse. ||

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
bhadro pi paśśate pāpaṁ yāva bhadraṁ na paccati |

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yadā tu paccate bhadraṁ atha bhadro bhadrāṇi paśśati ||

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
pāpaṁ pi karato bhadraṁ yāva pāpaṁ na paccati |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
atha payⁱrāgate kāle pāpo pāpāni paśśati This verse and the next, which do not have proper parallels in the Pāḷi, look like attempts to rewrite the metrically unsatisfactory verses which precede. ||

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
bhadraṁ pi karato pāpaṁ yāva bhadraṁ na paccati |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
atha payⁱrāgate kāle bhadro bhadrāṇi paśśati ||

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
pāṇimhi ce vraṇo nā 'ssa dhāreyā pāṇinā viṣaṁ |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
nāvraṇe viṣam anneti nāsti pāpaṁ akurvvato ||

⏑⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na hi pāpakaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ sajjaṁ chīraṁ va mucchati This reading is preferable to the Pāḷi muccati, which hardly makes sense. Even DhpA paraphrases with pariṇamati. |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
dahantaṁ bālam anneti bhassachanno va pāpako ||

⏑⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na hi pāpakaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ sajjaṁ śastam va kantati |

⏑⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
maraṇo 'peto hi jānāti yā gatī pāpakaṁmuṇo I can find no parallel for this verse in the Pāḷi texts. ||

⏑−⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−−¦¦−−−−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 4
anāgataṁ paṭikayⁱrātha kiccaṁ mā vo kiccaṁ kiccakāle vyadheyā Both posterior lines in this verse (and in the Pāḷi parallel) show the Vedic opening with the heavy 3rd syllable. |

−−⏑−,¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−−−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−⏑
taṁ tārisaṁ paṭikatakiccakāriṁ na naṁ kiccaṁ kiccakāle vyadheti ||

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
paṭikacceva taṁ kayⁱrā yaṁ ñāyyā hitam āttano |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na śākaṭikamanti ssa mantaṁ dhīro parākrame This and the next two verses occur in the same order in Khemasuttaṁ of Sagāthavaggo (SN 103). ||

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yathā śākaṭiko māggaṁ samaṁ hettā mahāpathaṁ |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
viṣamaṁ māggam āsājja akkhachinno tha Read: va, as in the next verse. jhāyati ||

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ dhammā apakrāṁma adhaṁmam anuvattiya |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
bālo maccumukhaṁ prātto akkhachinno va jhāyati ||

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
kāṣāyakaṁṭhā bahavo pāpadhaṁmā asaṁyyatā |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
pāpā pāpehi kaṁmehi nirayaṁ te upapajjatha ||

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑−¦−⏑−−  Triṣṭubh x 4
abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti yo cāpi kattā na karomī ti āha The posterior line (both here and in the Pāḷi) shows the extended form of the metre, pausing after the caesura, and restarting from the 5th syllable. |

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
ubho pi te precca samā bhavanti nihīnakaṁmā manujā paratra ||

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−− Jagatī / Triṣṭubh
yo apraduṣṭassa naro praduṣyati śuddhassa poṣassa anaṁgaṇassa |

⏑−⏑−¦−,−¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 2
tam eva bālaṁ pracceti pāpaṁ Line c shows replacement of two short syllables by one long one, which is an occasional variation in the Triṣṭubh/Jagatī line. sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁ va khitto ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
vāṇijo va bhayaṁ māggaṁ appasāttho mahaddhano |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
viṣaṁ jīvitukāmo va pāpāni parivajjaye ||

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
paradukkhopadhānena yo icche sukham āttano |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
verasaṁsaggasaṁsaṭṭho dukkhā It seems to me that dukkhā in Patna here gives a better meaning than verā in the Pāḷi: whoever is closely associated with hatred is not freed from suffering (rather than: ...from hatred, which is tautological). na parimuccati ||

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−−−⏑−¦¦−⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vaitālīya x 4
kuṇapassa pi gandhucchijjati We need to read the simplex -chijjati here to correct the metre. u 'ddhukitassa Cone indicates that this word may also be read: -chitassa. The avagraha is intrusive, read: uddhukitassa pi rāti accayā |

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦−−−−¦−⏑−⏑−
puruṣassa adhammacāriṇo annāhaṁ gandho na chijjati There are no parallels to the last three verses in this chapter in any of the other rescensions and one suspects that they are late additions to the collection. When we see the corrections that have to made to the metre it is clear that they were originally Prākt verses that have been rather clumsily Sanskritised. ||

⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−− Aupacchandasaka x 4
yatha ggrahapatayo We have to read as the simplex gahapatayo to correct the metre. prabhūtarat^anā āḍitte nagaramhi dahyamāne |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑−⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
muttāmaṇiphaṭikarajataheto This line has resolution twice, at the beginning of the two words -phaṭika- and -rajata-; note that resolution in the cadence of the mātrācchandas verses is very rare indeed. vyāyamanti api nīharema kiṁci The opening of this line is syncopated. ||

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−  Aupacchandasaka x 4
tatha-r-iva śamaṇā prabhūtapraṁñā ayⁱrā ayⁱrapathesu As ayir- normally has a svarabhakti vowel I read it here as well, though metrically it makes no difference. sicchamānā |

−⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−−−−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑⏑−¦−⏑−⏑−−
jātijarāmaraṇabhayāddittā dukkhāṭṭā This line is very unmetrical as it stands. We should read: jātimaraṇabhayādditā dukhāṭṭā, understanding the first syllable as short to correct the metre. vyāyamanti api prāpuṇema śāntiṁ We need to count the first syllable as light to correct the metre again here. ||