⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubhx 4
napuṣpagandho paṭivātam eti na candanaṁ tagaraṁ vāhlikaṁ vā |

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
satān tu gandho paṭivātam eti sabbā diśā sappuruṣo pravāti The Pāḷi reading seems preferable here, see Brough’s comments (GDhp, p. 268) on the Gāndhārī version of this verse. The first four verses in this chapter occur in the same order in the Pāḷi rescension. ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
candanaṁ tagaraṁ cāpi uppalaṁ atha vāśśikiṁ |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
etesāṁ gandhajātānāṁ śīlagandho anuttaro ||

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
appāmātro Read: appamātro, scribal error. ayaṁ gaṁdho yoyaṁ This reading confirms that we should take the Pāḷi yāyaṁ to be analysed: yo ayaṁ, with yo agreeing with gandho. tagaracandane |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo tu śīlavatāṁ gandho vāti devesu uttamo ||

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tesāṁ sampannaśīlānāṁ apramādavihāriṇāṁ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sammadaṁñāvimuttānāṁ māro māggaṁ na viṇḍati There is no mention of flowers in this verse, so we must understand that these four verses formed a group in the old tradition which underlies the two rescensions. The connection is collocation on śīla and apramāda, which occur in the previous verse. ||

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yathā pi ruciraṁ puṣpaṁ vannavantaṁ agandhakaṁ |

−−⏑−⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−−
evaṁ subhāṣitā vācā aphalā hoti akurvvato ||

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yathā pi ruciraṁ puṣpaṁ vannavantaṁ sagaṁdhakaṁ |

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ subhāṣitā vācā saphalā hoti kurvvato Ud-v. and GDhp agree with Patna in reading the verb without a prefix, and we should probably restore the Pāḷi to read kubbato. ||

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yathā pi bhramaro puṣpā vannagandham aheḍayaṁ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
praḍeti rasam ādāya evaṁ ggrāme munī -ī is m.c. to give the normal cadence. care ||

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
puṣpāṇi heva pracinantaṁ I count pr- here and in the next verse as not making position to give (with resolution) the pathyā cadence. vyāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
suttaṁ ggrāmaṁ mahogho vā Read va (= iva). maccu-r-ādāya gacchati ||

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
puṣpāṇi heva pracinantaṁ vyāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
asaṁpunnesu There are two marks in this word which in private correspondence Cone said she thought had no semantic value. kāmesu antako kurute vaśe ||

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yathā pi puṣparāśimhā kayⁱrā mālāguṇe bahū |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ jātena māccena kātavvaṁ kuśalaṁ bahuṁ |

−⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−  Vaitālīya x 4
ko The first syllable here needs to be counted as light to fit the metre. This is common in both the Patna and the Pāḷi rescensions. imaṁ paṭhaviṁ vijehiti yamalokaṁ va imaṁ sadevakaṁ |

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
ko dhammapade Notice the spelling here, which goes against the name of the collection given at the end of the work: dharmmapad-. sudeśite kuśalo puṣpam iva prajehiti Note that pr- here and in the verse below is counted as making position to give the normal cadence. |

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−  Vaitālīya x 4
śekho There are also two marks in this word which in private correspondence Cone said she thought had no semantic value. paṭhaviṁ vijehiti yamalokaṁ va imaṁ sadevakaṁ |

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
so dhammapade sudeśite kuśalo puṣpam iva prajehiti ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
vāśśikī-r-iva puṣpāṇi mañcakāni It’s hard to see what mañcakāni can mean here, and this is presumably a scribal error. pramuñcati |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ rāgañ ca doṣañ ca vipramuñcatha bhikkhavo ||

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−  Triṣṭubh x 4
phenopamaṁ lokam imaṁ vidittā marīcidhammaṁ abhisaṁbudhānāṁ |

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
chettāna mārassa prapuṣpakāni Reading pr- as failing to make position here to avoid a heavy 6th syllable. addaṁśanaṁ maccurājassa gacche ||

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yathā saṁkārakūṭamhi The reading in Patna here, meaning a heap of rubbish, seems preferable to the Pāḷi which is difficult of interpretation. DhpA: saṅkāraṭṭhānasmiṁ, which doesn't help much. ujjhitamhi mahāpathe |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
padumaṁ ubbhidaṁ assa śucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ These last two verses also close the Pāḷi chapter. ||

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ saṁkārabhūtesu andhabhūte pthujjane We should presumably understand the forms here ending in -e as truncated in order to fit the metre. The plural form in the last line (not in the Pāḷi), confirms that the plural in -bhutesu is the correct number. |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
atirocanti praṁñāya I count pr- as not making position to give the pathyā cadence, otherwise we have an ill-formed mavipulā. saṁmāsabuddhasāvakā Scribal error, read -saṁbuddha-. ||