Dhp 273
Dhp 273 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu
Of paths, the eightfold is the best;of truths, the four statements;dispassion is the best of things,and the Clear-eyed One is the best of humans.
Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho,saccānaṁ caturo padā;Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ,dvipadānañca cakkhumā.
<em>This</em> is the path, there is no otherfor the purification of vision.You all must practice this,it is the way to baffle Māra.
Eseva maggo natthañño,Dassanassa visuddhiyā;Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha,Mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ.
When you all are practicing this,you’ll make an end of suffering.I have explained the path to youfor extracting the thorn with wisdom.
Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā,dukkhassantaṁ karissatha;Akkhāto vo mayā maggo,aññāya sallakantanaṁ.
You yourselves must do the work,the Realized Ones just show the way.Meditators practicing absorptionare released from Māra’s bonds.
Tumhehi kiccamātappaṁ,akkhātāro tathāgatā;Paṭipannā pamokkhanti,jhāyino mārabandhanā.
Dhp 277
Dhp 277 · Aniccalakkhaṇavatthu
All conditions are impermanent—when this is seen with wisdom,one grows disillusioned with suffering:this is the path to purity.
“Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā”ti,yadā paññāya passati;Atha nibbindati dukkhe,esa maggo visuddhiyā.
Dhp 278
Dhp 278 · Dukkhalakkhaṇavatthu
All conditions are suffering—when this is seen with wisdom,one grows disillusioned with suffering:this is the path to purity.
“Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti,yadā paññāya passati;Atha nibbindati dukkhe,esa maggo visuddhiyā.
Dhp 279
Dhp 279 · Anattalakkhaṇavatthu
All things are not-self—when this is seen with wisdom,one grows disillusioned with suffering:this is the path to purity.
“Sabbe dhammā anattā”ti,yadā paññāya passati;Atha nibbindati dukkhe,esa maggo visuddhiyā.
Dhp 280
Dhp 280 · Padhānakammikatissattheravatthu
They don’t get going when it’s time to start;they’re young and strong, but given to sloth.Their mind depressed in sunken thought,lazy and slothful, they can’t discern the path.
Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno,Yuvā balī ālasiyaṁ upeto;Saṁsannasaṅkappamano kusīto,Paññāya maggaṁ alaso na vindati.
Dhp 281
Dhp 281 · Sūkarapetavatthu
Guarded in speech, restrained in mind,doing no unskillful bodily deed.Purify these three ways of performing deeds,and win the path known to seers.
Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto,Kāyena ca nākusalaṁ kayirā;Ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye,Ārādhaye maggamisippaveditaṁ.
Dhp 282
Dhp 282 · Poṭṭhilattheravatthu
From meditation springs wisdom,without meditation, wisdom ends.Knowing these two paths—of progress and decline—you should conduct yourselfso that wisdom grows.
Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri,ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo;Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā,bhavāya vibhavāya ca;Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya,yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.
Dhp 283
Dhp 283 · Pañcamahallakabhikkhuvatthu
Cut down the jungle, not just a tree;from the jungle springs fear.Having cut down jungle and snarl,be free of jungles, mendicants!
Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhaṁ,vanato jāyate bhayaṁ;Chetvā vanañca vanathañca,nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo.
So long as the vine, no matter how small,that ties a man to women is not cut,his mind remains trapped,like a calf suckling its mother.
Yāva hi vanatho na chijjati,Aṇumattopi narassa nārisu;Paṭibaddhamanova tāva so,Vaccho khīrapakova mātari.
Dhp 285
Dhp 285 · Suvaṇṇakārattheravatthu
Cut out affection for oneself,like plucking an autumn lotus.Foster only the path to peace,the extinguishment the Holy One taught.
Ucchinda sinehamattano,Kumudaṁ sāradikaṁva pāṇinā;Santimaggameva brūhaya,Nibbānaṁ sugatena desitaṁ.
Dhp 286
Dhp 286 · Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu
“Here I will stay for the rains;here for winter, here the summer”;thus the fool thinks,not realizing the danger.
Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi,idha hemantagimhisu;Iti bālo vicinteti,antarāyaṁ na bujjhati.
Dhp 287
Dhp 287 · Kisāgotamīvatthu
As a mighty flood sweeps away a sleeping village,death steals away a manwho dotes on children and cattle,his mind caught up in them.
Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ,byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova,maccu ādāya gacchati.
Dhp 288
Dhp 288 · Paṭācārāvatthu
Children provide you no shelter,nor does father, nor relatives.When you’re seized by the terminator,there’s no shelter in family.
Na santi puttā tāṇāya,na pitā nāpi bandhavā;Antakenādhipannassa,natthi ñātīsu tāṇatā.
Knowing the reason for this,astute, and ethically restrained,one would quickly clear the paththat leads to extinguishment.
Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā,paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto;Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ,khippameva visodhaye.
Maggavaggo vīsatimo.