−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− pathyā
“kodhano upanāhī ca, ~ pāpamakkhī ca yo naro, Metre: all lines in this sutta are to be understood as the pathyā form of Siloka unless otherwise indicated.⁰⁴

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
vipannadiṭṭhi māyāvī, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [1]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
ekajaṁ vā dvijaṁ vā pi ~ yodha pāṇāni hiṁsati,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yassa pāṇe dayā natthi, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [2]

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− Anuṭṭhubha
yo hanti parirundhati ~ gāmāni nigamāni ca,

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
niggāhako samaññāto, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [3]

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
gāme vā yadi vāraññe, ~ yaṁ paresaṁ mamāyitaṁ,

−−⏑−¦−,−⏑⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
theyyā adinnaṁ ādiyati, CBhp: theyyaṁ adinnam-ādeti.⁰⁵ ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [4]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo have iṇam-ādāya, ~ cujjamāno palāyati,

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
“na hi te iṇam-atthī” ti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [5]

 

−−−−¦⏑−⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− Anuṭṭhubha
yo ve kiñcikkhakamyatā, ~ panthasmiṁ vajataṁ janaṁ,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
hantvā kiñcikkham-ādeti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [6]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo attahetu parahetu ~ dhanahetu ca yo naro,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sakkhipuṭṭho musā brūti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [7]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo ñātīnaṁ sakhānaṁ vā ~ dāresu patidissati,

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− Anuṭṭhubha
sahasā sampiyena vā, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [8]

 

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
yo mātaraṁ vā pitaraṁ vā ~ jiṇṇakaṁ gatayobbanaṁ,

⏑⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− navipula
pahusanto CBhp, PPV2: pahūsanto.⁰⁶ na bharati, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [9]

 

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
yo mātaraṁ vā pitaraṁ vā, ~ bhātaraṁ CBhp: bhataraṁ.⁰⁷ bhaginiṁ sasuṁ

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
hanti roseti vācāya, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [10]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo atthaṁ pucchito santo, ~ anattham-anusāsati,

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
paṭicchannena manteti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [11]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo katvā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ, ~ “mā maṁ jaññā” ti icchati,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo paṭicchannakammanto, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [12]

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo ve parakulaṁ gantvā, ~ bhutvāna sucibhojanaṁ,

−⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
āgataṁ na paṭipūjeti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [13]

 

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
yo brāhmaṇaṁ vā samaṇaṁ vā, ~ aññaṁ vā pi vaṇibbakaṁ

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
musāvādena vañceti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [14]

 

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipula x 2
yo brāhmaṇaṁ vā samaṇaṁ vā, ~ bhattakāle upaṭṭhite,

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
roseti vācā na ca deti, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [15]

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
asataṁ yodha pabrūti, ~ mohena paḷiguṇṭhito,

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kiñcikkhaṁ nijigiṁsāno, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [16]

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo cattānaṁ samukkaṁse, ~ parañ-ca-m-avajānati,

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
nihīno sena mānena, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [17]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− savipula
rosako, kadariyo ca ~ pāpiccho, maccharī, saṭho,

⏑⏑⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ahiriko, anottāpī, PPV2: anottappī. Metre: we need to read ahirīko, m.c. to avoid the opening ⏓⏑⏑⏓.⁰⁸ ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [18]

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− Anuṭṭhubha
yo buddhaṁ paribhāsati, ~ atha vā tassa sāvakaṁ,

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
paribbājaṁ gahaṭṭhaṁ vā, ~ taṁ jaññā vasalo iti. [19]

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo ve anarahā santo ~ arahaṁ paṭijānati,

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
coro sabrahmake loke, ~ esa kho vasalādhamo.

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ete kho vasalā vuttā, ~ mayā vo ye pakāsitā. [20]

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na jaccā vasalo hoti, ~ na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo,

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
kammanā vasalo hoti ~ kammanā hoti brāhmaṇo. [21]

 

⏑⏑⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
tad-aminā pi jānātha, PPV2: anottappī. Metre: we need to read ahirīko, m.c. to avoid the opening ⏓⏑⏑⏓.⁰⁹ ~ yathā medaṁ nidassanaṁ:

−−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
caṇḍālaputto sopāko ~ mātaṅgo iti vissuto. [22]

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
so yasaṁ paramaṁ patto, ~ mātaṅgoyaṁ sudullabhaṁ,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
āgañchuṁ tassupaṭṭhānaṁ ~ khattiyā brāhmaṇā bahū. [23]

 

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
so devayānam-āruyha, ~ virajaṁ so mahāpathaṁ,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
kāmarāgaṁ virājetvā, ~ brahmalokūpago ahu.

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
na naṁ jāti nivāresi ~ brahmalokūpapattiyā. [24]

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
ajjhāyakakule jātā, ~ brāhmaṇā mantabandhuno,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
te ca pāpesu kammesu ~ abhiṇham-upadissare. [25]

 

−−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
diṭṭheva dhamme gārayhā ~ samparāye ca duggatiṁ. CBhp: duggatī.¹⁰

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
na te jāti nivāreti ~ duggaccā garahāya vā. [26]

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
na jaccā vasalo hoti, ~ na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo,

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
kammanā vasalo hoti ~ kammanā hoti brāhmaṇo” ti. [27]