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Sādhu kho Text: Sādhuko. ⁰² Paṇḍito nāma, na tveva Atipaṇḍito,

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Atipaṇḍitena puttena, manamhi upakūḷito. Text, BJT: upakūlito; the reading is not sure, but according to PED the verb in Sanskrit is √kūḍ; Thai: upakuṭṭhito; I do not find this word listed, but perhaps it would mean: [I am well-nigh] boiled; taking it from kuṭṭhita. ⁰³ [358]

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Yo ve kāle asampatte, ativelaṁ pabhāsati,

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Evaṁ so nihato seti, kokilāyi va Thai: kokilāyeva; different sandhi. ⁰⁴ atrajo. [359]

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
Na hi satthaṁ sunisitaṁ, visaṁ halāhalām-iva, Thai: halāhalam-m-iva; I don't understand this form, a similar one occurs below in the variants for uragaṁ iva; I believe the correct reading here should be: halāhalaṁ iva. ⁰⁵

−−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
Evaṁ nikaṭṭhe Thai: nikaḍhe; this may be a variant spelling. ⁰⁶ pāteti vācā dubbhāsitā yathā. [360]

 

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Tasmā kāle akāle vā Thai: ca. ⁰⁷ vācaṁ rakkheyya Paṇḍito,

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Nātivelaṁ pabhāseyya, api attasamamhi vā. [361]

 

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Yo ca kāle mitaṁ bhāse matipubbo Vicakkhaṇo,

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipulā
Sabbe amitte tarati, BJT, ChS, Thai: ādeti. ⁰⁸ Supaṇṇo uragaṁ iva. Text, Thai: uragam-m-iva. ⁰⁹ [362]

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
Purisassa hi jātassa, kuṭhārī BJT: kuṭhāri; Thai: kudhārī. ¹⁰ jāyate mukhe,

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Yāya chindati attānaṁ bālo, dubbhāsitaṁ bhaṇaṁ. [363]

−−−¦−⏑−⏑−   Vetālīya (throughout)
Yo nindīyaṁ Text, ChS, Thai: nindiyaṁ, but the long vowel is needed in the opening. ¹¹ pasaṁsati,

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Taṁ vā nindati yo pasaṁsiyo,

⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Vicināti mukhena so kaliṁ,

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Kalinā tena sukhaṁ na vindati. [364]

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Subhāsitaṁ uttamam-āhu santo,

−−⏑−,¦−−−¦−⏑⏑−   irregular
Dhammaṁ bhaṇe nādhammaṁ - taṁ dutiyaṁ, The cadence is wrong here, we could read dutīyaṁ to correct the metre, and tatīyaṁ in the next line. ¹²

⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−   irregular
Piyaṁ bhaṇe nāppiyaṁ - taṁ tatiyaṁ,

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Saccaṁ bhaṇe nālikaṁ - taṁ catutthaṁ. [365]

⏑−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
Tam-eva vācaṁ bhāseyya yāyattānaṁ na tāpaye,

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
Pare ca na vihiṁseyya - sā ve vācā subhāsitā. [366]

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
Kalyāṇim-eva muñceyya, na hi muñceyya pāpikaṁ,

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Mokkho kalyāṇiyā sādhu, mutvā tappati Text, BJT: tapati; but this gives the wrong meaning: [but after speaking wickedly] he shines? Evidently even if we write tapati, we must interpret it as tappati. ¹³ pāpikaṁ. [367]

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Ye kecime atthi rasā Pathavyā,

−−−−,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−   Vedic opening
Saccaṁ tesaṁ sādhutaraṁ rasānaṁ,

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Sacce ṭhitā samaṇabrāhmaṇā ca,

⏑−⏑−¦⏑,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Taranti jātimaraṇassa pāraṁ. [368]

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Saccaṁ ve amatā vācā, esa Dhammo sanantano,

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Sacce atthe ca Dhamme ca, āhu santo patiṭṭhitā. [369]

−⏑−−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipulā
Yaṁ hi kayⁱrā taṁ hi vade, yaṁ na kayⁱrā na taṁ vade,

⏑⏑−−¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   ravipulā
Akarontaṁ bhāsamānaṁ parijānanti Paṇḍitā. [370]

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Yo ve Dassan-ti vatvāna, adāne kurute mano,

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Bhūmyā ChS, Thai: Bhūmyaṁ. ¹⁵ so patitaṁ pāsaṁ gīvāyaṁ paṭimuñcati. [371]

 

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Yo ve Dassan-ti vatvāna, adāne kurute mano,

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
Pāpā pāpataro hoti, sampatto Yamasādhanaṁ. [372]

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Aḷikaṁ bhāsamānassa apakkamanti devatā,

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Pūtikañ-ca mukhaṁ vā ti, sakaṭṭhānā ca dhaṁsati,

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Yo jānaṁ pucchito pañhaṁ aññathā naṁ viyākare. [373]

 

⏑−−−¦⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   savipulā
Akāle vassati ChS, Thai: vassatī; to produce the pathyā cadence, but savipulā is acceptable. ¹⁶ tassa, kāle tassa na vassati,

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Yo jānaṁ pucchito pañhaṁ aññathā naṁ viyākare. [374]

 

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Jivhā tassa dvidhā hoti, uragasseva = uragassa + iva. ¹⁷ Disampati,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
Yo jānaṁ pucchito pañhaṁ, aññathā naṁ viyākare. [375]

 

−−−⏑¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
Jivhā tassa na bhavati, macchasseva Disampati,

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Yo jānaṁ pucchito pañhaṁ, aññathā naṁ viyākare. [376]

 

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Thiyo na All texts: va; I believe this is the correct reading, but it gives an unacceptable meaning, so I have changed it to the negative, which correlates exactly with what is said below anyway: To him there will be no children. ¹⁸ tassa jāyanti, na pumā jāyare kule,

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Yo jānaṁ pucchito pañhaṁ, aññathā naṁ viyākare. [377]

 

−−−⏑¦⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   savipulā
Puttā tassa na bhavanti, pakkamanti disodisaṁ,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
Yo jānaṁ pucchito pañhaṁ, aññathā naṁ viyākare. [378]

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa, musāvādissa jantuno,

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
Vitiṇṇaparalokassa, natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ. [379]