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Not in the sky, not in the middle of the ocean, not even in the cave of a mountain, should one seek refuge, for there exists no place in the world where one will not be overpowered by death.
- Not in the sky, nor in the depths of the sea, nor hiding in the cleft of the rocks, there is no place on earth where one can take one's stand to not be overcome by death. (Ⅰ) - na antalikkhe na samudda-majjhe na pabbataanaM vivaraM pavissa
na vijjatii so jagati-ppadeso yattha-TThitaM naRppasaheyya machchu. (Ⅴ)
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All tremble before the rod of punishment; for all life is dear; likening others to oneself, one should neither slay nor cause to slay.
- All fear violence, life is dear to all. Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used. (Ⅰ) - sabbe tasanti daNDassa sabbesaM jiivitaM piyaM
attaanaM upamaM katvaa na haneyya na ghaataye. (Ⅴ)
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He who, desirous of happiness for himself, torments with a rod others who are likewise seeking enjoyment, shall not obtain happiness in the hereafter.
- He who does violence to creatures seeking happiness like himself does not find happiness after death. (Ⅰ) - sukha-kaamaani bhuutaani yo daNDena vihiMsati
attano sukham esaano pechcha so na labhate sukhaM. (Ⅴ)
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He who, desirous of happiness for himself, does not torment others who likewise long for happiness, shall obtain happiness in the hereafter.
- He who does no violence to creatures seeking happiness like himself does find happiness after death. (Ⅰ) - sukha-kaamaani bhuutaani yo daNDena na vihiMsati
attano sukham esaano pechcha so labhate sukhaM. (Ⅴ)
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Do not speak harshly to anyone; those thus spoken to will retaliate in kind; discordant indeed will be the response, and soon retribution will overtake you.
- Don't speak harshly to anyone. If you do people will speak to you in the same way. Harsh words are painful and their retaliation will hurt you. (Ⅰ) - maa'vocha pharusaM kañchi vuttaa paTivadeyyu taM
dukkhaa hi saarambha-kathaa paTi daNDaa phuseyyu taM. (Ⅴ)
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If you can make yourself as silent as a shattered bronze gong, then you have attained to the peace of nirvana, for now there is no discord in you.
- If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you. (Ⅰ) - sache n'eresi attaanaM kaMso upahato yathaa
esa patto'si nibbaanaM saarambho te na vijjati. (Ⅴ)
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As a cowherd with his rod drives cattle to the pasture, so do old age and death drive the lives of sentient beings.
- Like a cowherd driving cows off to the fields, so old age and death take away the years from the living. (Ⅰ) - yathaa daNDena gopaalo gaavo paajeti gocharaM
evaM jaraa cha machchu cha aayuM paajenti paaNinaM. (Ⅴ)
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When a person ignorant (of the Dhamma) commits evil deeds, he does not realize their nature. The stupid man burns (suffers) through these deeds as if consumed by fire.
- Even when he is doing evil, the fool does not realise it. The idiot is punished by his own deeds, like one is scorched by fire. (Ⅰ) - atha paapaani kammaani karaM baalo na bujjhati
sehi kammehi dummedho aggi-daDDho va tappati. (Ⅴ)
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He who inflicts punishment upon those who do not deserve it, and hurts those who are harmless, such a person will soon come to face one of these ten states:
- He who does violence to the peaceful and harmless soon encounters one of ten things - (Ⅰ) - yo daNDena adaNDesu appaduTThesu dussati
dasannam aññataraM ThaanaM khippam eva nigachchhati. (Ⅴ)
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He may soon come to terrible pain, great deprivations, physical injury, deep-rooted ailment or mental disorder,
- He may experience cruel pain, disaster, physical injury, severe illness, or insanity, (Ⅰ) - vedanaM pharusaM jaaniM sariirassa cha bhedanaM
garukaM vaa pi aabaadhaM chitta-kkhepaM va paapuNe. (Ⅴ)
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the wrath of the monarch or a dreadful accusation, loss of relatives, the complete destruction of wealth,
- or else trouble with the authorities, grave accusation, bereavement, or loss of property, (Ⅰ) - raajato vaa upasaggaM abbhakkhaanaM cha daaruNaM
parikkhayaM va ñaatiinaM bhogaanaM va pabhanguraM. (Ⅴ)
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or a sudden fire may break out and burn his houses. After the dissolution of his physical body, he will surely be born in hell.
- or else destruction of his house by fire, and on the death of his body the fool goes to hell. (Ⅰ) - atha v'aassa agaaraani aggi Dahati paavako
kaayassa bhedaa duppañño nirayaM so'papajjati. (Ⅴ)
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Neither nakedness, nor matted locks; neither applying mud (all over the body), nor fasting, nor lying on the bare earth; neither besmearing oneself with soot, nor squatting on one's heels, can purify a man who has not got rid of his doubts.
- Neither naked asceticism, matted hair, dirt, fasting, sleeping on the ground, dust and mud, nor prolonged sitting on one's heels can purify a man who is not free of doubts. (Ⅰ) - na nagga-chariyaa na jaTaa na pankaa
naa'naasakaa thaNDila-saayikaa vaa
rajo-jallaM ukkuTika-ppadhaanaM
sodhenti machchaM avitiNNa-kankhaM. (Ⅴ)
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Even though a person be dressed in fine clothes, if he develops tranquillity, is quiet, self-disciplined, resolute and practices celibacy, and abstains from injuring all other beings, he is indeed a Brahman, an ascetic and a monk.
- Even if richly dressed, when a man behaves even-mindedly and is at peace, restrained and established in the right way, chaste and renouncing violence to all forms of life, then he is a brahmin, he is a holy man, he is a bhikkhu (true Buddhist monk). (Ⅰ) - alankato che pi samaM chareyya
santo danto niyato brahma-chaarii
sabbesu bhuutesu nidhaaya daNDaM
so braahmaNo so samaNo sa bhikkhu. (Ⅴ)
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Is there any man in this world so self-restrained through modesty that he avoids censure as a self-respecting horse avoids the whip?
- Where is that man in the world who is so restrained by shame that he avoids laziness like a thoroughbred horse avoids the whip? (Ⅰ) - hirii-nisedho puriso kochi lokasmiM vijjati
yo nindaM apabodheti asso bhadro kasaam iva. (Ⅴ)
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As a well-trained horse when touched by the whip, even so be you strenuous and eager. By devotion, virtue, effort, concentration, and by the critical investigation of truth (dhamma) may you abandon this great suffering (of samsara), perfect in wisdom, conduct and awareness.
- Like a thoroughbred horse touched by the whip, be strenuous and determined. Then you will be able to rid yourself of this great suffering by means of faith, morality, energetic behaviour, stillness of mind and reflection on the teaching, after you have become full of wisdom, good habits and recollection. (Ⅰ) - asso yathaa bhadro kasaa-niviTTho aataapino saMvegino bhavaatha
saddhaaya siilena cha viiriyena cha samaadhinaa dhamma-vinichchhayena cha
sampanna-vijjaa-charaNaa patissataa jahissatha dukkham idaM anappakaM. (Ⅴ)
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Irrigators conduct water wherever they wish; fletchers shape the shafts; carpenters work the wood, and wise men discipline themselves.
- Navvies channel water, fletchers fashion arrows, and carpenters work on wood, but the good disciple themselves. (Ⅰ) - udakaM hi nayanti nettikaa usu-kaaraa namayanti tejanaM
daaruM namayanti tachchhakaa attaanaM damayanti subbataa. (Ⅴ)
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