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chinna sūtraṁ parākrāmma bhavaṁ praṇuda brāhmaṇa Note that, as in the Pāḷi, br- in this word normally does not make position, see The Prosody of the Patna Dharmapada. |

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saṁkhārāṇāṁ khayaṁ ñāttā akathaso si brāhmaṇa ||

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yamhi dhammaṁ vijāneyā vddhamhi daharamhi vā |

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sakkacca This reading proves that sakkaccaṁ in the Pāḷi verse is in fact an absolutive with an unexpected niggahīta at the end of the word. naṁ namasseyā aggihotraṁ va brāhmaṇo Cf. the next verse. It is hard to know whether the Pāḷi has conflated two verses here; or if Patna has expanded one into two. ||

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yamhi dhammaṁ vijāneyā sammasaṁbuddhadeśitaṁ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tam eva apacāyeyā aggihotraṁ va brāhmaṇo ||

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na jaṭāhi na gotreṇa na jāccā hoti brāhmaṇo |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo tu bāhati pāpāni aṇutthūlāni sabbaśo ||

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bāhanā eva pāpānāṁ brahmaṇo ti pravuccati Not through tangled hair, not through clan, not through birth is one a brāhmaṇa; but he who removes all wicked things, whether subtle or gross, because of the removal of (all) wicked things, he is called a brāhmaṇa. Although the sentiment is common enough, I can find no parallel to lines c-f in the Pāḷi texts. |

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vārī pukkharapatte vā ārāgre-r-iva sāsavo ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo na lippati kāmesu tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ |

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
udayaṁ tapati ādicco ratrim ābhāti candramā ||

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sannaddho khattiyo tapati jhāyiṁ tapati brāhmaṇo ||

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
atha sabbe ahorātte buddho tapati tejasā ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yassa pāram apāram vā pārāpāraṁ na vijjati |

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vītajjaraṁ It appears the double consonant -jj- ( also -dd- in Pāḷi) is to avoid two short syllables in 2nd and 3rd position of the prior line. visaṁyuttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yadā dayesu dhammesu pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo |

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
athassa sabbe saṁyogā atthaṁ gacchanti jānato ||

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sa khu so khīṇasaṁyogo khīṇamānapunabbhavo |

−−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
saṁghāvasevī dhammaṭṭho saṁghaṁ na upeti vedagū ||

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
akakkaśiṁ vinnapaṇiṁ girāṁ saccam udīraye |

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tāya nābhiṣape kaṁci tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
asaṁsaṭṭhaṁ ghaṭṭhehi anagārehi This seems to be a scribal error for the intended anāgārehi. cūbhayaṁ |

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
anokasāriṁ appicchaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yassa kāyena vācāya manasā nāsti dukkataṁ |

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saṁvtaṁ trisu ṭṭhāṇesu I count ṭṭh- as not making position here to give the pathyā cadence, otherwise we have a malformed mavipulā. tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− navipulā
mā brāhmaṇassa prahare nāssa mucceya brāhmaṇo |

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dhī brāhmaṇassa hantāraṁ ya ssa vā su na muccati ||

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mātaraṁ paṭhamaṁ hantā rājānaṁ do ca khattiye |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
rāṣṭaṁ sānucaraṁ hantā anigho carati brāhmaṇo ||

−−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
gambhīrapraṁñaṁ medhāviṁ māggā 'māggassa kovidaṁ |

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uttamāttham anuprāttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
jhāyiṁ virajam āsīnaṁ katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
uttamātthaṁ anuprāttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||