ko imaṁ paṭhaviṁ vicessati vijessati - in many books.⁰¹
yamalokañ-ca imaṁ sadevakaṁ?
ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,
kusalo puppham-iva pacessati? [44]

sekho paṭhaviṁ vicessati
yamalokañ-ca imaṁ sadevakaṁ.
sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,
kusalo puppham-iva pacessati? [45]

pheṇūpamaṁ kāyam-imaṁ viditvā,
marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno,
chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni, BJT note: sapupphakākāni - in some books.⁰²
adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche. [46]

pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ ~ byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ,
suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahogho va ~ maccu ādāya gacchati. [47]

pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ ~ byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ,
atittaṁ yeva kāmesu ~ antako kurute vasaṁ. [48]

yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṁ ~ vaṇṇagandhaṁ aheṭhayaṁ
paḷeti rasam-ādāya, ~ evaṁ gāme munī care. [49]

na paresaṁ vilomāni, ~ na paresaṁ katākataṁ,
attano va avekkheyya ~ katāni akatāni ca. [50]

yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ ~ vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ,
evaṁ subhāsitā vācā ~ aphalā hoti akubbato. [51]

yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ ~ vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ,
evaṁ subhāsitā vācā ~ saphalā hoti pakubbato. [52]

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yathāpi puppharāsimhā ~ kayⁱrā mālāguṇe bahū,
evaṁ jātena maccena ~ kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ. [53]

candanaṁ tagaraṁ vā pi, ~ uppalaṁ atha vassikī,
etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ ~ sīlagandho anuttaro. [55]

appamatto ayaṁ gandho ~ yāyaṁ tagaracandanī,
yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho ~ vāti devesu uttamo. [56]

tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ ~ appamādavihārinaṁ
sammad-aññāvimuttānaṁ, ~ māro maggaṁ na vindati. [57]

yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ ~ ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe,
padumaṁ tattha jāyetha ~ sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ. [58]

evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu ~ andhabhūte puthujjane,
atirocati paññāya ~ sammāsambuddhasāvako. [59]