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MAHÂVAGGA.
hand, considered dumb without being dumb, let him not blush at a little gift, let him not despise the giver.
(713) 36. Various are the practices illustrated by the Samana, they do not go twice to the other shore, this (is) not once thought". (?)
(714) 37. For whom there is no desire, for the Bhikkhu who has cut off the stream (of existence) and abandoned all kinds of work, there is no pain. (715)
38. 'I will declare to thee the state of wisdom,'so said Bhagavat,- let one be like the edge of a razor, having struck his palate with his tongue, let him be restrained in (regard to his stomach. (716)
39. 'Let his mind be free from attachment, let him not think much ? (about worldly affairs), let him be without defilement, independent, and devoted to a religious life.
(717) 40. 'For the sake of a solitary life and for the sake of the service that is to be carried out by Samanas, let him learn, solitariness is called wisdom 3; alone indeed he will find pleasure. (718)
41. 'Then he will shine through the ten regions, having heard the voice of the wise, of the meditating, of those that have abandoned sensual pleasures, let my adherent then still more devote himself to modesty and belief.
(719) 42. Understand this from the waters in chasms
1 Ukkâvakâ hi patipada
Samanena pakâsitâ, Na pâram digunam yanti,
Na idam ekagunam mutam. . Na kâpi bahu kintaye. 3 Ekattam monam akkhâtam.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |