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Ko imaṁ pathaviṁ vicessati,
Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ;
Ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,
Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
Who will discern this earth,
as well as the world of the dead and the world of the gods?
Who will understand the well-taught path of Dhamma,
like a skillful person picking flowers?
45
Sekho pathaviṁ vicessati,
Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ;
Sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,
Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
The trainee will discern this earth,
as well as the world of the dead and the world of the gods;
the trainee will understand the well-taught path of Dhamma,
like a skillful person picking flowers.
46
Pheṇūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā,
Marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno;
Chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni,
Adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche.
Having understood this body as like foam,
and having realized its illusory nature;
having cut off Māra’s flowery snares,
one goes beyond the sight of the King of Death.
47
Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ,
byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;
Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova,
maccu ādāya gacchati.
While gathering flowers,
with an attached mind;
like a great flood sweeps away a sleeping village,
so does death carry such a person away.
48
Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ,
byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;
Atittaññeva kāmesu,
antako kurute vasaṁ.
While accumulating flowers,
with an attached mind;
still unsatisfied with sensual pleasures,
such a person comes under death’s control.
49
Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṁ,
vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṁ;
Paleti rasamādāya,
evaṁ gāme munī care.
Just as a bee approaches a flower,
without harming its color and fragrance;
and leaves having taken the nectar,
so should a sage wander in the village.
50
Na paresaṁ vilomāni,
na paresaṁ katākataṁ;
Attanova avekkheyya,
katāni akatāni ca.
Not the faults of others,
nor what others have or have not done;
one should consider one’s own actions,
deeds, both done and not done.
51
Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,
vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ;
Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,
aphalā hoti akubbato.
Just as a beautiful flower,
full of color but lacking fragrance;
so too, well-spoken words
bear no fruit for one who does not act.
52
Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,
Vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ;
Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,
Saphalā hoti kubbato.
Just as a beautiful flower,
full of color and fragrance;
so too, well-spoken words
are fruitful for one who acts.
53
Yathāpi puppharāsimhā,
kayirā mālāguṇe bahū;
Evaṁ jātena maccena,
kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ.
Just as from a heap of flowers
one could make many garlands;
so too, by a born mortal,
much good should be done.
54
Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti,
Na candanaṁ tagaramallikā vā;
Satañca gandho paṭivātameti,
Sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati.
The fragrance of flowers does not blow against the wind,
nor the fragrance of sandalwood, tagara, or jasmine;
the fragrance of a virtuous person blows against the wind,
the virtuous person’s fragrance radiates in all directions.
55
Candanaṁ tagaraṁ vāpi,
uppalaṁ atha vassikī;
Etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ,
sīlagandho anuttaro.
Sandalwood as well as tagara,
lotus and also jasmine;
of all these kinds of fragrances,
the fragrance of virtue is unsurpassed.
56
Appamatto ayaṁ gandho,
yāyaṁ tagaracandanī;
Yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho,
vāti devesu uttamo.
Insignificant is this fragrance,
the scent of tagara and sandalwood;
but the fragrance of the virtuous
blows unsurpassed among the gods.
57
Tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ,
appamādavihārinaṁ;
Sammadaññāvimuttānaṁ,
māro maggaṁ na vindati.
For those with perfected virtue,
who dwell with diligence;
who are freed through complete comprehension,
their path is not found by Māra.
58
Yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ,
ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe;
Padumaṁ tattha jāyetha,
sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ.
Just as in a heap of refuse
discarded by the roadside;
a lotus might bloom,
pure in fragrance, and pleasing to the mind.
59
Evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu,
andhabhūte puthujjane;
Atirocati paññāya,
sammāsambuddhasāvako.
So too, among those who are like refuse,
the blind and ordinary worldlings;
a disciple of the perfectly Awakened One,
shines brilliantly with wisdom.