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Dhp 320 · Attadantavatthu
Like an elephant struckwith arrows in battle,I shall endure abuse,for so many folk are badly behaved.
Ahaṁ nāgova saṅgāme,cāpato patitaṁ saraṁ;Ativākyaṁ titikkhissaṁ,dussīlo hi bahujjano.
The well-tamed beast is the one led to the crowd;the tamed elephant’s the one the king mounts;the tamed person who endures abuseis the best of human beings.
Dantaṁ nayanti samitiṁ,dantaṁ rājābhirūhati;Danto seṭṭho manussesu,yotivākyaṁ titikkhati.
Those who have tamed themselves are betterthan fine tamed mules,thoroughbreds from Sindh,or giant tuskers.
Varamassatarā dantā,ājānīyā ca sindhavā;Kuñjarā ca mahānāgā,attadanto tato varaṁ.
Dhp 323
Dhp 323 · Hatthācariyapubbakabhikkhuvatthu
For not on those mountswould you go to the untrodden place,whereas, with the help of one <j>whose self is well tamed,you go there, tamed by the tamed.
Na hi etehi yānehi,gaccheyya agataṁ disaṁ;Yathāttanā sudantena,danto dantena gacchati.
Dhp 324
Dhp 324 · Parijiṇṇabrāhmaṇaputtavatthu
The tusker named Dhanapālais musky in rut, hard to control.Bound, he eats not a morsel,for he misses the elephant forest.
Dhanapālo nāma kuñjaro,Kaṭukabhedano dunnivārayo;Baddho kabaḷaṁ na bhuñjati,Sumarati nāgavanassa kuñjaro.
Dhp 325
Dhp 325 · Pasenadikosalavatthu
One who gets drowsy from overeating,fond of sleep, rolling round the bedlike a great hog stuffed with grain:that dullard returns to the womb again and again.
Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,Niddāyitā samparivattasāyī;Mahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho,Punappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando.
Dhp 326
Dhp 326 · Sānusāmaṇeravatthu
In the past my mind wanderedhow it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.Now I’ll carefully guide it,as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.
Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,Yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;Tadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,Hatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho.
Dhp 327
Dhp 327 · Pāveyyakahatthivatthu
Delight in diligence!Take good care of your mind!Pull yourself out of this pit,like an elephant sunk in a bog.
Appamādaratā hotha,sacittamanurakkhatha;Duggā uddharathattānaṁ,paṅke sannova kuñjaro.
Dhp 328
Dhp 328 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu
If you find an alert companion,an attentive friend to live happily together,then, overcoming all adversities,wander with them, joyful and mindful.
Sace labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;Abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni,Careyya tenattamano satīmā.
If you find no alert companion,no attentive friend to live happily together,then, like a king who flees his conquered realm,wander alone like a tusker in the wilds.
No ce labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;Rājāva raṭṭhaṁ vijitaṁ pahāya,Eko care mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo.
It’s better to wander alone,there’s no fellowship with fools.Wander alone and do no wrong,at ease like a tusker in the wilds.
Ekassa caritaṁ seyyo,Natthi bāle sahāyatā;Eko care na ca pāpāni kayirā,Appossukko mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo.
Dhp 331
Dhp 331 · Māravatthu
A friend in need is a blessing;it’s a blessing to be content with whatever;good deeds are a blessing at the end of life,and giving up all suffering is a blessing.
Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā,Tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena;Puññaṁ sukhaṁ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi,Sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṁ pahānaṁ.
In this world it’s a blessing to serveone’s mother and one’s father.And it’s a blessing also to serveascetics and brahmins.
Sukhā matteyyatā loke,atho petteyyatā sukhā;Sukhā sāmaññatā loke,atho brahmaññatā sukhā.
It’s a blessing to keep precepts until you grow old;a blessing to be grounded in faith;the getting of wisdom’s a blessing;and it’s a blessing to avoid doing wrong.
Sukhaṁ yāva jarā sīlaṁ,sukhā saddhā patiṭṭhitā;Sukho paññāya paṭilābho,pāpānaṁ akaraṇaṁ sukhaṁ.
Nāgavaggo tevīsatimo.