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DHAMMAPADA VERSES IN UTTARAJJHAYA 9
Gustav Roth
1. Svargiya Acarya-pravara Śrt Atmaramji Maharaj of the Jaina Sthanak at Ludhiana produced the monumental edition of the Prakrit Uttarajjhayana-sutta (Utt.), Malagutta 1 of the Jaina Canon, accompaaled by a Sanskrit chaya, translation and commentary in Hindi. In the prastavana of Vol 1, pp. 22-25, a chapter called "Uttaradhyayana aur Dhammapada" is included in which Atmaram mentions nine Utt -verses along with their respective Pali Dhammapada (Dhp) parallels. In this paper 1 limit myself to the Utt.-Dhp stanzas which we find in the nineth chapter of Utt., the so-called Nami-pavajjā-nam'-ajhayanam.2 Among them, Utt. 9.14 calls our attention first, not noted by Atmaramji, in connection with its Dhp parallel. It reads
suhaṁ vasamo Jivāmo Mihilne dayhamaniye
Jacobi (p 37) translates. "Happy are we, happy live we who call nothing our own, when Mithila is on fire, nothing is burned that belongs Lo me."
Jesim mo n'atthi kimcana | me dajjha kimcana
na
This is the answer of the royal Seer Nami which precisely meets with the admonishing question of Indra in Utt. 9.12
esa aggi ya vau ya eyam dajjhar mandiram | bhayayam anteuram tenam kisa nam navapekkhaha ||
"There is fire and storm, there your palace is on fire By this your gynaceum is in dangers, why don't you look after it "
In Utt. 9 14 only pada a and b go with pada a and b of Pali Dap 15.4 (200).
su-sukham vata jivama piti-bhakkha bhavissama
yesam no (1) n'atthi kincanam | deva abbassara yatha || Nearer even to Utt. 9.14 a, b is G Dhp 11.7 (168) a, b.
suha'l vada jivamu kijaneau manusesu
yesa mu (nasti kajani | viharamu akijana. ||
In pada b mu draws near mo of Utt 9.14b. As a whole, the padas a-d of Utt. 9.14 have their counterpart in Udanavarga (-Uv) 30,44
