⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Jagatī x 4
yathā pi mūle anupaddave daḷhe

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
chinno pi rukkho punar-eva rūhati,

−−⏑,−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
evam-pi taṇhānusaye anūhate

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
nibbattatī BJT, PTS, Thai: nibbattati; in the text ī is m.c. to give the normal opening. dukkham-idaṁ punappunaṁ. [338]

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 4
saritāni sinehitāni ca

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Metre: scanning -o- as light m.c. however the variation −⏑−−⏑⏑ does exist, see the The Prosody of the Dhammapada elsewhere on this website.
sŏmanassāni bhavanti jantuno,

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
te sātasitā sukhesino,

−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
te ve jātijarūpagā narā. [341]

 

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 3
tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
parisappanti saso va bādhito, ChS: bandhito.

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
saṁyojanasaṅgasattakā BJT, Thai: saññojanasaṅgasattā.

−⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−− Opacchandasaka
dukkham-upenti punappunaṁ cirāya. [342]

 

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 4
tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
parisappanti saso va bādhito, ChS: bandhito.

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
tasmā tasiṇaṁ vinodaye

−⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Metre: the vv.lls show how much confusion this line has caused, however to correct the metre we only need to read ākaṅkhi, and count the line as one of the variant openings (−⏑−−⏑⏑) discussed in The Prosody of the Dhammapada elsewhere on this website.
bhikkhu ākaṅkha' BJT: ākaṁkhī Thai: ākaṅkhaṁ ChS omits bhikkhu and reads ākaṅkhanta, which is an attempt to ‘correct’ the metre, but this variation occurs many times, see The Prosody of the Dhammapada elsewhere on this website. virāgam-attano. [343]

 

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−− Opacchandasaka
yo nibbanatho vanādhimutto

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 3
vanamutto vanam-eva dhāvati

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
taṁ puggalam-etha PTS, Thai: puggalam eva. passatha

−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
mutto bandhanam-eva dhāvati. [344]

 

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
na taṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanam-āhu dhīrā,

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
yad-āyasaṁ dārujaṁ ChS: dāruja. pabbajañ-ca, BJT: babbajañ ca.

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu

−−⏑,−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
puttesu dāresu ca yā apekhā, Thai, ChS: apekkhā. [345]

 

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
etaṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanam-āhu dhīrā,

−−⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−−
ohārinaṁ sithilaṁ duppamuñcaṁ,

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
etam Thai: etaṁ. -pi chetvāna paribbajanti

⏑⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
anapekkhino kāmasukhaṁ pahāya. [346]

 

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
ye rāgarattānupatanti sotaṁ

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sayaṁkataṁ makkaṭako va jālaṁ,

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
etam-pi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā,

⏑⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
anapekkhino PTS: anapekhino. sabbadukkhaṁ pahāya. [347]

 

−⏑⏑−¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 4
muñca pure muñca pacchato,

−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
majjhe muñca bhavassa pāragū,

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
sabbattha vimuttamānaso

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
na punaṁ BJT, Thai: puna. jātijaraṁ upehisi. [348]

 

⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 4
vitakkapamathitassa ChS: vitakkamathitassa; Metre: we should probably read vitak[k]apamathitassa m.c. Norman (WD) suggests taking the v.l. from ChS, but this looks like one of the frequent scribal ‘corrections’ in that edition, and cannot be relied on as representing any genuine manuscript tradition. jantuno

−⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Metre: for this variation see The Prosody of the Dhammapada elsewhere on this website.
tibbarāgassa subhānupassino

−−−¦−⏑−⏑−
bhiyyo taṇhā pavaḍḍhati,

−⏑−⏑−⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Metre: this is a syncopated version of the variation that is discussed in The Prosody of the Dhammapada elsewhere on this website. Norman (WD) suggests reading khŏ, but this is unnecessary.
esa kho daḷhaṁ karoti bandhanaṁ. [349]

 

⏑−⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vetālīya x 4
vitakkupasame PTS, Thai, ChS: vitakkūpasame. ca yo rato

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
asubhaṁ bhāvayatī BJT: bhāvayati; ChS: bhāvayate; in the text ī is m.c. to give the normal cadence. sadā sato,

−⏑−¦−⏑−⏑− Metre: the metre is one mattā short in the opening, we really need to re-instate the sarabhatti vowel and read viyanti- (⏑−⏑) as Norman (WD, following Fausboll) suggests.
esa kho vyantikāhiti, ChS: byanti- .

−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
esacchecchati BJT, ChS: esa checchati; the unhistoric doubling of the initial consonant is m.c. to produce the correct mattā count. mārabandhanaṁ. [350]

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4
sabbābhibhū sabbavidūham-asmi,

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbesu dhammesu anūpalitto,

−−⏑−,¦−−⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbañjaho taṇhakkhaye Metre: this is an unusual form of the break, having a long 6th, but without the caesura which normally follows it. We should probably read taṇhakhaye to correct the metre. vimutto,

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
sayaṁ abhiññāya kam-uddiseyyaṁ. [353]

 

−⏑−−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 4 Metre: We should read sabbaṁ dānaṁ, which gives the Vedic opening −−−− , which is acceptable.
sabbadānaṁ dhammadānaṁ jināti,

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbaṁ rasaṁ ChS: sabbarasaṁ. dhammaraso jināti,

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbaṁ ratiṁ ChS: sabbaratiṁ. dhammaratī ChS: -rati. jināti,

−−⏑−¦−,⏑−¦−⏑−−
taṇhakkhayo sabbadukkhaṁ jināti. [354]