Udanavarga 4: Apramadavarga

−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
apramādo hy amtapadaṁ pramādo mtyunaḥ padam |

−⏑−−,¦−⏑−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− ravipulā
apramattā na mriyante ye pramattāḥ sadā mtāḥ || 4.1 [84]

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
etāṁ viśeṣatāṁ jñātvā hy apramādasya paṇḍitaḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
apramādaṁ pramudyeta nityam āryaḥ svagocaram || 4.2 [85]

−⏑−−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
apramattāḥ sātatikā nityaṁ dḍhaparākramāḥ |

⏑−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
spśanti dhīrā nirvāṇaṁ yogakṣemam anuttaram || 4.3 [86]

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
pramādam apramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
prajñāprāsādam āruhya tv aśokaḥ śokinīṁ prajām |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
parvatasthaiva bhūmisthāṁ dhīro bālān avekṣate || 4.4 [87]

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
utthānenāpramādena saṁyamena damena ca |

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dvīpaṁ karoti medhāvī tam ogho nābhimardati || 4.5 [88]

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vaitālīya
utthānavataḥ smtātmanaḥ

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
śubhacittasya niśāmyacāriṇaḥ |

−⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− The opening syllable has to be counted as light to correct the metre.⁰¹
saṁyatasya hi dharmajīvino

−⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
hy apramattasya yaśo 'bhivardhate || 4.6 [89]

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vaitālīya
adhicetasi mā pramadyata

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
pratataṁ maunapadeṣu śikṣata |

−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
śokā na bhavanti tāyino

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
hy upaśāntasya sadā smtātmanaḥ || 4.7 [90]

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
hīnāṁ dharmāṁ na seveta pramādena na saṁvaset |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
mithyādṣṭiṁ na roceta na bhavel lokavardhanaḥ || 4.8 [91]

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
samyagdṣṭir adhīmātrā laukikī yasya vidyate |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
api jātisahasrāṇi nāsau gacchati durgatim || 4.9 [92]

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
pramādam anuvartante bālā durmedhaso janāḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
apramādaṁ tu medhāvī dhanaṁ śreṣṭhīva rakṣati || 4.10 [93]

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
pramādam anuvartante bālā durmedhaso janāḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
apramattaḥ sadā dhyāyī prāpnute hy āsravakṣayam || 4.11 [94]

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
pramādaṁ nānuyujyeta na kāmaratisaṁstavam |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
apramattaḥ sadā dhyāyī prāpnute hy acalaṁ sukham || 4.12 [95]

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
nāyaṁ pramādakālaḥ syād aprāpte hy āsravakṣaye |

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
māraḥ pramattam anveti siṁhaṁ vā mgramātkā || 4.13 [96]

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh
sthānāni catvāri naraḥ pramatta

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
āpadyate yaḥ paradārasevī |

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
apuṇyalābhaṁ hy anikāmaśayyāṁ

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
nindāṁ ttīyaṁ narakaṁ caturtham || 4.14 [97]

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Jagatī x 2
apuṇyalābhaṁ ca gatiṁ ca pāpikāṁ

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
bhītasya bhītābhir athālpikāṁ ratim |

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh x 2
nindāṁ ca paśyaṁ npateś ca daṇḍaṁ

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
parasya dārāṇi vivarjayeta || 4.15 [98.i]

⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Jagatī x 2
apuṇyalābhaś ca gatiś ca pāpikā

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
bhītasya bhītābhir athālpikā ratiḥ |

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh
rājā ca daṇḍaṁ gurukaṁ dadāti

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Jagatī
kāyasya bhedād narakeṣu pacyate || 4.15 [98.ii]

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
pratiyatyeva tat kuryād yaj jāned dhitam ātmanaḥ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na śākaṭikacintābhir mandaṁ dhīraḥ parākramet || 4.16 [99]

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yathā śākaṭiko mārgaṁ samaṁ hitvā mahāpatham |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
viṣamaṁ mārgam āgamya cchinnākṣaḥ śocate bhśam || 4.17 [100]

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
evaṁ dharmād apakramya hy adharmam anuvartya ca |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
bālo mtyuvaśaṁ prāptac chinnākṣa iva śocate || 4.18 [101]

−−−⏑¦⏑⏑−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− savipulā
yat ktyaṁ tad apaviddham aktyaṁ kriyate punaḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
uddhatānāṁ pramattānāṁ teṣāṁ vardhanti āsravāḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
āsravās teṣu vardhante ārāt te hy āsravakṣayāt || 4.19 [102]

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yeṣāṁ tu susamārabdhā nityaṁ kāyagatā smtiḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
aktyaṁ te na kurvanti ktye sātatyakāriṇaḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
smtānāṁ saṁprajānānām astaṁ gacchanti āsravāḥ || 4.20 [103]

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
na tāvatā dharmadharo yāvatā bahu bhāṣate |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− Counting śr- in śrutvā as making position, to give the pathyā cadence; otherwise we would have savipulā.⁰²
yas tv ihālpam api śrutvā dharmaṁ kāyena vai spśet |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sa vai dharmadharo bhavati yo dharme na pramādyate || 4.21 [104]

⏑−⏑−¦⏑,⏑⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh I count sahi- as being resolved here, which gives a heavy 6th syllable, which is unusual. It may be better therefore to take this as an extended form of the metre, but in that case it has a short 5th syllable which again is unusual.⁰³
subahv apīha sahitaṁ bhāṣamāṇo

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
na tatkaro bhavati naraḥ pramattaḥ |

−−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
gopaiva gāḥ saṁgaṇayaṁ pareṣāṁ

⏑−⏑−,¦−−−¦−⏑−− The break is very unusual here in having 3 heavy syllables, including one at the 6th, which is normally avoided.⁰⁴
na bhāgavāṁ cchrāmaṇyārthasya bhavati || 4.22 [105]

−[⏑⏑]⏑−,¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑−− Triṣṭubh We need to read alpam pi here so that the line scans correctly - this is not a case of resolution, but of Sanskritisation; Dhp 20 reads: appam-pi.⁰⁵
alpam api cet sahitaṁ bhāṣamāṇo

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
dharmasya bhavati hy anudharmacārī |

−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−
rāgaṁ ca doṣaṁ ca tathaiva mohaṁ

⏑−⏑−¦−,−−−¦−⏑−− Extended Triṣṭubh This line is very unusual, as there seems to be a pause at the 5th followed by a restart with 4 heavy syllables, including a heavy 6th. We should perhaps count the line as simply being incorrect metrically. Dhp 20f reads: sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti, which is also unusual metrically.⁰⁶
prahāya bhāgī śrāmaṇyārthasya bhavati || 4.23 [106]

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
apramādaṁ praśaṁsanti pramādo garhitaḥ sadā |

−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− navipulā
apramādena maghavāṁ devānāṁ śreṣṭhatāṁ gataḥ || 4.24 [107]

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
apramādaṁ praśaṁsanti sadā ktyeṣu paṇḍitāḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
apramatto hy ubhāv arthāv atighṇāti paṇḍitaḥ || 4.25 [108]

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dṣṭadhārmika eko 'rthas tathānyaḥ sāmparāyikaḥ |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
arthābhisamayād dhīraḥ paṇḍito hi nirucyate || 4.26 [109]