2. Appamādavaggo PTS: Appamādavagga; Thai: Dhammapadagāthāya dutiyo Appamādavaggo.⁰¹

 

−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipula
appamādo amatapadaṁ, Thai: amataṁ padaṁ.⁰² ~ pamādo maccuno padaṁ,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
appamattā na mīyanti, ~ ye pamattā yathā matā. [21]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
etaṁ visesato ñatvā ~ appamādamhi paṇḍitā,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
appamāde pamodanti, ~ arⁱyānaṁ gocare ratā. [22]

 

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipula
te jhāyino sātatikā, ~ niccaṁ daḷhaparakkamā,

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipula
phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṁ, BJT: nibbāṇaṁ, always this spelling⁰³ ~ yogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ. [23]

 

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
uṭṭhānenappamādena ~ saṁyamena damena ca,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dīpaṁ kayⁱrātha medhāvī, ~ yaṁ ogho nābhikīrati. [25]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
pamādam-anuyuñjanti ~ bālā dummedhino janā,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
appamādañ-ca medhāvī ~ dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁ va rakkhati. [26]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   irregular Metre: this is one place in the Dhammapada where, if the rule of resolution holds, then the metre is wrong, as this is not a known variation. alternatively (with Norman, WD, p. 68) we could count the 4th syllable as resolved, and we then have pathyā. it seems to me that the former is more likely, the prosody having been disturbed as this line is the opposite of 26a.⁰⁸
mā pamādam Metre: we might have expected a reading pamādaṁ, as the labial m is incorrect by normal grammatical standards, and, contra Norman (WD) it doesn't help the metre, which still has to be considered irregular. ⁹ -anuyuñjetha ~ mā kāmaratisanthavaṁ,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
appamatto hi jhāyanto ~ pappoti vipulaṁ sukhaṁ. [27]

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 3
pamādaṁ appamādena ~ yadā nudati paṇḍito,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
paññāpāsādam PTS: paññāpāsādaṁ.¹⁰ -āruyha, ~ asoko sokiniṁ pajaṁ,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
pabbataṭṭho va bhummaṭṭhe ChS: bhūmaṭṭhe.¹¹ ~ dhīro bāle avekkhati. [28]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
appamatto pamattesu, ~ suttesu bahujāgaro,

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
abalassaṁ va sīghasso ~ hitvā yāti sumedhaso. [29]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   navipula
appamādena Editor's note: Thai, appādena, printer's error¹² maghavā ~ devānaṁ seṭṭhataṁ gato,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
appamādaṁ pasaṁsanti, ~ pamādo gar^ahito sadā. [30]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
appamādarato bhikkhu, ~ pamāde bhayadassivā,

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
saṁyojanaṁ aṇuṁ-thūlaṁ ~ ḍahaṁ aggīva gacchati. [31]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
appamādarato bhikkhu, ~ pamāde bhayadassivā,

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
abhabbo parihānāya, BJT: parihāṇāya.¹³ ~ nibbānasseva BJT: nibbāṇa-¹⁴ santike. [32]