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16. Piyavaggo PTS: Piyavagga; Thai: Dhammapadagāthāya soḷasamo Piyavaggo.

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
ayoge yuñjam-attānaṁ, PTS: yuñjaṁ attānaṁ. ~ yogasmiñ-ca ayojayaṁ,

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atthaṁ hitvā piyaggāhī, ~ pihetattānuyoginaṁ. [209]

 

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mā piyehi samāgañchī PTS, ChS: samāgañchi. ~ appiyehi kudācanaṁ,

⏑−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− 9 syllables
piyānaṁ adassanaṁ dukkhaṁ, ~ appiyānañ-ca dassanaṁ. [210]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
tasmā piyaṁ na kayirātha, ~ piyāpāyo hi pāpako,

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ganthā tesaṁ na vijjanti ~ yesaṁ natthi piyāppiyaṁ. [211]

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
piyato jāyatī soko, ~ piyato jāyatī bhayaṁ,

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piyato vippamuttassa ~ natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [212]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
pemato jāyatī soko, ~ pemato jāyatī bhayaṁ,

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pemato vippamuttassa ~ natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [213]

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
ratiyā jāyatī soko, ~ ratiyā jāyatī bhayaṁ,

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ratiyā vippamuttassa ~ natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [214]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
kāmato jāyatī soko, ~ kāmato jāyatī bhayaṁ,

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kāmato vippamuttassa ~ natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [215]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
taṇhāya jāyatī soko, ~ taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṁ,

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taṇhāya vippamuttassa ~ natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [216]

 

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sīladassanasampannaṁ, ~ dhammaṭṭhaṁ saccavādinaṁ BJT, Thai: saccavedinaṁ.

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attano kamma’ kubbānaṁ, ~ taṁ jano Thai: tañjano kurute piyaṁ. [217]

 

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chandajāto anakkhāte, ~ manasā ca phuṭo Thai: phuṭho. siyā,

−−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− irregular Metre: line c, as it stands, does not fit into any metre, if we read m.c. it gives a Tuṭṭhubha line - but as that would make it the 3rd line Tuṭṭhubha in what is otherwise a Siloka verse the solution does not seem very satisfactory.
kāmesu ca appaṭibaddhacitto, Thai: kāme ca apaṭibaddhacitto. ~ uddhaṁsoto ti vuccati. [218]

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− bhavipula
cirappavāsiṁ purisaṁ ~ dūrato sotthim-āgataṁ,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā
ñātimittā suhajjā ca ~ abhinandanti āgataṁ. [219]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā x 2
tatheva katapuññam-pi ~ asmā lokā paraṁ gataṁ,

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puññāni paṭigaṇhanti BJT: patigaṇhanti. ~ piyaṁ ñātīva āgataṁ. [220]

 

Piyavaggo soḷasamo. Editor’s note: BJT, soḷasamo Piyavaggo, against its normal practice of putting the name first; ChS: Piyavaggo soḷasamo niṭṭhito.