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13. Lokavaggo PTS: Lokavagga; Thai: Dhammapadagāthāya terasamo Lokavaggo.

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya, ~ pamādena na saṁvase,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya, ~ na siyā lokavaḍḍhano. BJT: lokavaddhano. [167]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya, ~ dhammaṁ sucaritaṁ care,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dhammacārī Editor’s note: BJT, dhammacāri, but cf. the next verse sukhaṁ seti ~ asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [168]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− navipula
dhammaṁ care sucaritaṁ, ~ na naṁ duccaritaṁ care,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā
dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti ~ asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [169]

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
yathā bubbulakaṁ Thai, ChS: pubbuḷakaṁ. passe, ~ yathā passe marīcikaṁ,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ ~ maccurājā na passati. [170]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
etha passathimaṁ lokaṁ ~ cittaṁ rājarathūpamaṁ

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yattha bālā visīdanti, ~ natthi saṅgo vijānataṁ. [171]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā ~ pacchā so nappamajjati,

⏑⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sŏ imaṁ PTS, ChS: somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti ~ abbhā mutto va candimā. [172]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ ~ kusalena pithīyati, ChS: pidhīyati.

⏑⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sŏ imaṁ PTS, ChS: somaṁ. lokaṁ pabhāseti ~ abbhā mutto va candimā. [173]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
andhabhūto ayaṁ loko, ~ tanukettha vipassati,

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sakunto ChS: sakuṇo. jālamutto va ~ appo saggāya gacchati. [174]

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā
haṁsādiccapathe Thai: haṁsāādiccapathe. yanti, ~ ākāse yanti iddhiyā,

−−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
nīyanti BJT: niyyanti. dhīrā lokamhā ~ jetvā māraṁ savāhanaṁ. BJT, ChS: savāhiniṁ; PTS: savāhaniṁ. [175]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa ~ musāvādissa jantuno Editor’s note: BJT, jantūno, printer’s error.

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
vitiṇṇaparalokassa ~ natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ. [176]

 

⏑−⏑−¦−,−⏑−¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4 Metre: another example of the extended Tuṭṭhubha, pausing at the fifth and re-starting from the same syllable.
na ve kadariyā devalokaṁ vajanti,

−−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ,

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno,

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
teneva so hoti sukhī Editor’s note: BJT, sūkhī, printer’s error; in the text ī is m.c. to give the normal cadence. parattha. [177]

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
pathavyā ChS: pathabyā. ekarajjena ~ saggassa gamanena vā

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sabbalokādhipaccena ~ sotāpattiphalaṁ varaṁ. [178]

 

Lokavaggo terasamo. ChS: Lokavaggo terasamo niṭṭhito.