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Dhp 44 · Pathavikathāpasutapañcasatabhikkhuvatthu
Who bestirs this earth,and the Yama realm with its gods?Who sets out the well-taught word of truth,as an expert a flower?
Ko imaṁ pathaviṁ vicessati,Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ;Ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
A trainee bestirs this earth,and the Yama realm with its gods.A trainee sets out the well-taught word of truth,as an expert a flower.
Sekho pathaviṁ vicessati,Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ;Sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
Dhp 46
Dhp 46 · Marīcikammaṭṭhānikabhikkhuvatthu
Knowing this body’s like foam,realizing it’s all just a mirage,and cutting off Māra’s blossoming,vanish from the King of Death.
Pheṇūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā,Marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno;Chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni,Adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche.
Dhp 47
Dhp 47 · Viṭaṭūbhavatthu
As a mighty flood sweeps off a sleeping village,death steals away a maneven as he gathers flowers,his mind caught up in them.
Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ,byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova,maccu ādāya gacchati.
Dhp 48
Dhp 48 · Patipūjikakumārivatthu
The terminator gains control of the manwho has not had his fill of pleasures,even as he gathers flowers,his mind caught up in them.
Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ,byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;Atittaññeva kāmesu,antako kurute vasaṁ.
Dhp 49
Dhp 49 · Macchariyakosiyaseṭṭhivatthu
A bee takes the nectarand moves on, doing no damageto the flower’s beauty and fragrance;and that’s how a sage should walk in the village.
Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṁ,vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṁ;Paleti rasamādāya,evaṁ gāme munī care.
Dhp 50
Dhp 50 · Pāveyyaājīvakavatthu
Don’t find fault with others,with what they’ve done or left undone.You should only watch yourself,what you’ve done or left undone.
Na paresaṁ vilomāni,na paresaṁ katākataṁ;Attanova avekkheyya,katāni akatāni ca.
Dhp 51
Dhp 51 · Chattapāṇiupāsakavatthu
Just like a glorious flowerthat’s colorful but lacks fragrance;eloquent speech is fruitlessfor one who does not act on it.
Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ;Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,aphalā hoti akubbato.
Just like a glorious flowerthat’s both colorful and fragrant,eloquent speech is fruitfulfor one who acts on it.
Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,Vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ;Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,Saphalā hoti kubbato.
Dhp 53
Dhp 53 · Visākhāvatthu
Just as one would create many garlandsfrom a heap of flowers,when a person has come to be born,they should do many skillful things.
Yathāpi puppharāsimhā,kayirā mālāguṇe bahū;Evaṁ jātena maccena,kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ.
Dhp 54
Dhp 54 · Ānandattherapañhavatthu
The fragrance of flowers doesn’t spread upwind,nor sandalwood, pinwheel, or jasmine;but the fragrance of the good spreads upwind;a true person’s virtue spreads in every direction.
Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti,Na candanaṁ tagaramallikā vā;Satañca gandho paṭivātameti,Sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati.
Among all the fragrances—sandalwood or pinwheelor lotus or jasmine—the fragrance of virtue is supreme.
Candanaṁ tagaraṁ vāpi,uppalaṁ atha vassikī;Etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ,sīlagandho anuttaro.
Dhp 56
Dhp 56 · Mahākassapattherapiṇḍapātadinnavatthu
Faint is the fragranceof sandal or pinwheel;but the fragrance of the virtuousfloats to the highest gods.
Appamatto ayaṁ gandho,yāyaṁ tagaracandanī;Yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho,vāti devesu uttamo.
Dhp 57
Dhp 57 · Godhikattheraparinibbānavatthu
For those accomplished in ethics,meditating diligently,freed through the highest knowledge,Māra cannot find their path.
Tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ,appamādavihārinaṁ;Sammadaññāvimuttānaṁ,māro maggaṁ na vindati.
Dhp 58
Dhp 58 · Garahadinnavatthu
From a heap of trashdiscarded on the highway,a lotus might blossom,fragrant and delightful.
Yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ,ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe;Padumaṁ tattha jāyetha,sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ.
So too, among those thought of as trash,a disciple of the perfect Buddhaoutshines with their wisdomthe blind ordinary folk.
Evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu,andhabhūte puthujjane;Atirocati paññāya,sammāsambuddhasāvako.
Pupphavaggo catuttho.