⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vetālīya x 4
kŏ imaṁ paṭhaviṁ ChS: pathaviṁ.⁰² vicessati PTS, Thai: vijessati. Metre: here again the first syllable needs to be counted as light to correct the metre.⁰³

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
yamalokañ-ca imaṁ sadevakaṁ?

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
kusalo puppham-ivappacessati? BJT, Thai, ChS: iva pacessati.⁰⁴ [44]

 

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vetālīya x 4
sekho paṭhaviṁ ChS: pathaviṁ.⁰⁵ vicessati PTS, Thai: vijessati.⁰⁶

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
yamalokañ-ca imaṁ sadevakaṁ.

−−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Metre: note that this is a posterior line in place of a prior line, exchanged through metrical licence (cf. 237c).⁰⁷
sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
kusalo puppham-ivappacessati. BJT, Thai, ChS: iva pacessati.⁰⁸ [45]

 

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−   Tuṭṭhubha x 4
pheṇūpamaṁ kāyam-imaṁ viditvā,

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno,

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni,

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche. [46]

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ ~ byāsattamanasaṁ PTS: vyāsattamanasaṁ.⁰⁹ naraṁ,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahogho va ~ maccu ādāya gacchati. [47]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ ~ byāsattamanasaṁ PTS: vyāsattamanasaṁ.¹⁰ naraṁ,

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
atittaṁ yeva kāmesu ~ antako kurute vasaṁ. [48]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yathā pi bhamaro pupphaṁ ~ vaṇṇagandhaṁ Thai: vaṇṇavantaṁ; ChS: vaṇṇagandham.¹¹ aheṭhayaṁ

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
paḷeti rasam-ādāya, ~ evaṁ gāme munī care. [49]

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
na paresaṁ vilomāni, ~ na paresaṁ katākataṁ,

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
attano va avekkheyya ~ katāni akatāni ca. [50]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yathā pi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ ~ vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ,

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ subhāsitā vācā ~ aphalā hoti akubbato. [51]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yathā pi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ ~ vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ,

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ subhāsitā vācā ~ saphalā hoti pakubbato. PTS: sakubbato; Thai: sukubbato; ChS: kubbato.¹² [52]

 

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yathā pi puppharāsimhā ~ kayⁱrā mālāguṇe Thai: mālāguḷe.¹³ bahū,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ jātena maccena ~ kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ. [53]

 

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
candanaṁ tagaraṁ vā pi, ~ uppalaṁ atha vassikī,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ ~ sīlagandho anuttaro. [55]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
appamatto ayaṁ gandho ~ yāyaṁ Thai, ChS: yvāyaṁ.¹⁶ tagaracandanī, ChS: tagaracandanaṁ.¹⁷

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho ~ vāti devesu uttamo. [56]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ ~ appamādavihārinaṁ

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sammad-aññāvimuttānaṁ, ~ māro maggaṁ na vindati. [57]

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ ChS: saṅkāraṭhānasmiṁ.¹⁸ ~ ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe,

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
padumaṁ tattha jāyetha ~ sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ. [58]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu ~ andhabhūte puthujjane,

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
atirocati paññāya ~ sammāsambuddhasāvako. [59]