−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
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.⁰¹ |

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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.⁰² 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.⁰³ ||

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
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.⁰⁴ |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
vārī pukkharapatte vā    ārāgre-r-iva sāsavo ||

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

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

−−−−¦⏑−⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
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.⁰⁵ 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 |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tāya nābhiṣape kaṁci    tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
asaṁsaṭṭhaṁ ghaṭṭhehi    anagārehi This seems to be a scribal error for the intended anāgārehi.⁰⁶ cūbhayaṁ |

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

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

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
saṁvtaṁ trisu ṭṭhāṇesu I count ṭṭh- as not making position here to give the pathyā cadence, otherwise we have a malformed mavipulā.⁰⁷    tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ||

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

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
dhī brāhmaṇassa hantāraṁ    ya ssa vā su na muccati ||

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
mātaraṁ paṭhamaṁ hantā    rājānaṁ do ca khattiye |

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

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

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

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

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