Dhp 60
Dhp 60 · Aññatarapurisavatthu
Long is the night for the wakeful;long is the league for the weary;long transmigrate the foolswho don’t understand the true teaching.
Dīghā jāgarato ratti,dīghaṁ santassa yojanaṁ;Dīgho bālāna saṁsāro,saddhammaṁ avijānataṁ.
Dhp 61
Dhp 61 · Mahākassapasaddhivihārikavatthu
If while wandering you find no partnerequal or better than yourself,then firmly resolve to wander alone—there’s no fellowship with fools.
Carañce nādhigaccheyya,Seyyaṁ sadisamattano;Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā,Natthi bāle sahāyatā.
Dhp 62
Dhp 62 · Ānandaseṭṭhivatthu
“Sons are mine, wealth is mine”—thus the fool frets.For even your self is not your own,let alone your sons or wealth.
Puttā matthi dhanaṁ matthi,iti bālo vihaññati;Attā hi attano natthi,kuto puttā kuto dhanaṁ.
Dhp 63
Dhp 63 · Gaṇṭhibhedakacoravatthu
The fool who thinks they’re a foolis wise at least to that extent.But the true fool is said to be onewho imagines that they are wise.
Yo bālo maññati bālyaṁ,paṇḍito vāpi tena so;Bālo ca paṇḍitamānī,sa ve “bālo”ti vuccati.
Dhp 64
Dhp 64 · Udāyittheravatthu
Though a fool attends to the wiseeven for the rest of their life,they still don’t understand the teaching,like a spoon the taste of the soup.
Yāvajīvampi ce bālo,paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;Na so dhammaṁ vijānāti,dabbī sūparasaṁ yathā.
Dhp 65
Dhp 65 · Tiṁsapāveyyakabhikkhuvatthu
If a clever person attends to the wiseeven just for an hour or so,they swiftly understand the teaching,like a tongue the taste of the soup.
Muhuttamapi ce viññū,paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;Khippaṁ dhammaṁ vijānāti,jivhā sūparasaṁ yathā.
Dhp 66
Dhp 66 · Suppabuddhakuṭṭhivatthu
Fools and simpletons behavelike their own worst enemies,doing wicked deedsthat ripen as bitter fruit.
Caranti bālā dummedhā,amitteneva attanā;Karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.
Dhp 67
Dhp 67 · Kassakavatthu
It’s not good to do a deedthat plagues you later on,for which you weep and wail,as its effect stays with you.
Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,yaṁ katvā anutappati;Yassa assumukho rodaṁ,vipākaṁ paṭisevati.
Dhp 68
Dhp 68 · Sumanamālākāravatthu
It is good to do a deedthat doesn’t plague you later on,that gladdens and cheers,as its effect stays with you.
Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,yaṁ katvā nānutappati;Yassa patīto sumano,vipākaṁ paṭisevati.
Dhp 69
Dhp 69 · Uppalavaṇṇattherīvatthu
The fool imagines that evil is sweet,so long as it has not yet ripened.But as soon as that evil ripens,they fall into suffering.
Madhuṁvā maññati bālo,yāva pāpaṁ na paccati;Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ,atha dukkhaṁ nigacchati.
Dhp 70
Dhp 70 · Jambukattheravatthu
Month after month a fool may eatfood from a grass-blade’s tip;but they’ll never be worth a sixteenth partof one who has appraised the teaching.
Māse māse kusaggena,bālo bhuñjeyya bhojanaṁ;Na so saṅkhātadhammānaṁ,kalaṁ agghati soḷasiṁ.
Dhp 71
Dhp 71 · Ahipetavatthu
For a wicked deed that has been donedoes not curdle quickly like milk.Smoldering, it follows the fool,like a fire smothered over with ash.
Na hi pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ,Sajjukhīraṁva muccati;Ḍahantaṁ bālamanveti,Bhasmacchannova pāvako.
Dhp 72
Dhp 72 · Saṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu
Whatever fame a fool may get,it only gives rise to harm.Whatever good features they have it ruins,and blows their head into bits.
Yāvadeva anatthāya,ñattaṁ bālassa jāyati;Hanti bālassa sukkaṁsaṁ,muddhamassa vipātayaṁ.
Dhp 73
Dhp 73 · Cittagahapativatthu
They’d seek the esteem that they lack,and status among the mendicants;authority over monasteries,and honor among other families.
Asantaṁ bhāvanamiccheyya,Purekkhārañca bhikkhusu;Āvāsesu ca issariyaṁ,Pūjaṁ parakulesu ca.
“Let both layfolk and renunciants thinkthe work was done by me alone.In anything at all that’s to be done,let them fall under my sway alone.”So thinks the fool,their greed and pride only growing.
Mameva kata maññantu,gihī pabbajitā ubho;Mamevātivasā assu,kiccākiccesu kismici;Iti bālassa saṅkappo,icchā māno ca vaḍḍhati.
Dhp 75
Dhp 75 · Vanavāsitissasāmaṇeravatthu
For the means to profit and the path to quenchingare two quite different things.A mendicant disciple of the Buddha,understanding what this really means,would never delight in honors,but rather would foster seclusion.
Aññā hi lābhūpanisā,aññā nibbānagāminī;Evametaṁ abhiññāya,bhikkhu buddhassa sāvako;Sakkāraṁ nābhinandeyya,vivekamanubrūhaye.
Bālavaggo pañcamo.