Dhp 167
Dhp 167 · Daharabhikkhuvatthu
Don’t resort to lowly things,don’t abide in negligence,don’t resort to wrong views,don’t perpetuate the world.
Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya,pamādena na saṁvase;Micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya,na siyā lokavaḍḍhano.
Dhp 168
Dhp 168 · Suddhodanavatthu
Get up, don’t be heedless,live by principle, with good conduct.For one of good conduct sleeps at ease,in this world and the next.
Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya,dhammaṁ sucaritaṁ care;Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti,asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.
Live by principle, with good conduct,don’t conduct yourself badly.For one of good conduct sleeps at ease,in this world and the next.
Dhammaṁ care sucaritaṁ,na naṁ duccaritaṁ care;Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti,asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.
Dhp 170
Dhp 170 · Pañcasatavipassakabhikkhuvatthu
Look upon the worldas a bubbleor a mirage,then the King of Death won’t see you.
Yathā pubbuḷakaṁ passe,yathā passe marīcikaṁ;Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ,maccurājā na passati.
Dhp 171
Dhp 171 · Abhayarājakumāravatthu
Come, see this world decked outlike a fancy royal chariot.Here fools founder,but the discerning are not chained.
Etha passathimaṁ lokaṁ,cittaṁ rājarathūpamaṁ;Yattha bālā visīdanti,natthi saṅgo vijānataṁ.
Dhp 172
Dhp 172 · Sammajjanattheravatthu
He who once was heedless,but turned to heedfulness,shines upon this worldlike the moon freed from clouds.
Yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā,pacchā so nappamajjati;Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti,abbhā muttova candimā.
Dhp 173
Dhp 173 · Aṅgulimālattheravatthu
Someone whose bad deedis supplanted by the good,shines upon this world,like the moon freed from clouds.
Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ,kusalena pidhīyati;Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti,abbhā muttova candimā.
Dhp 174
Dhp 174 · Pesakāradhītāvatthu
Blind is the world,few are those who clearly see.Only a handful go to heaven,like a bird freed from a net.
Andhabhūto ayaṁ loko,tanukettha vipassati;Sakuṇo jālamuttova,appo saggāya gacchati.
Dhp 175
Dhp 175 · Tiṁsabhikkhuvatthu
Swans fly by the sun’s path,psychic sages fly through space.The attentive leave the world,having vanquished Māra with his legions.
Haṁsādiccapathe yanti,ākāse yanti iddhiyā;Nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā,jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ.
Dhp 176
Dhp 176 · Ciñcamāṇavikāvatthu
When a personage, spurning the hereafter,transgresses in just one thing—lying—there is no evil they would not do.
Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa,musāvādissa jantuno;Vitiṇṇaparalokassa,natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ.
Dhp 177
Dhp 177 · Asadisadānavatthu
The miserly don’t ascend to heaven,it takes a fool to not praise giving.The attentive celebrate giving,and so find happiness in the hereafter.
Na ve kadariyā devalokaṁ vajanti,Bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ;Dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno,Teneva so hoti sukhī parattha.
Dhp 178
Dhp 178 · Anāthapiṇḍikaputtakālavatthu
The fruit of stream-entry is betterthan being the one king of the earth,than going to heaven,than lordship over all the world.
Pathabyā ekarajjena,saggassa gamanena vā;Sabbalokādhipaccena,sotāpattiphalaṁ varaṁ.
Lokavaggo terasamo.