Dhp 76
Dhp 76 · Rādhattheravatthu
Regard one who sees your faultsas a guide to a hidden treasure.Stay close to one so intelligent and astutewho curbs you when you need it.Sticking close to such an impartial person,things get better, not worse.
Nidhīnaṁva pavattāraṁ,yaṁ passe vajjadassinaṁ;Niggayhavādiṁ medhāviṁ,tādisaṁ paṇḍitaṁ bhaje;Tādisaṁ bhajamānassa,seyyo hoti na pāpiyo.
Dhp 77
Dhp 77 · Assajipunabbasukavatthu
Advise and instruct;curb wickedness:for you shall be loved by the good,and disliked by the bad.
Ovadeyyānusāseyya,asabbhā ca nivāraye;Satañhi so piyo hoti,asataṁ hoti appiyo.
Dhp 78
Dhp 78 · Channattheravatthu
Don’t mix with bad friends,nor with the worst of men.Mix with spiritual friends,and with the best of men.
Na bhaje pāpake mitte,na bhaje purisādhame;Bhajetha mitte kalyāṇe,bhajetha purisuttame.
Dhp 79
Dhp 79 · Mahākappinattheravatthu
Through joy in the teaching you sleep at ease,with clear and confident heart.An astute person always delights in the teachingproclaimed by the Noble One.
Dhammapīti sukhaṁ seti,vippasannena cetasā;Ariyappavedite dhamme,sadā ramati paṇḍito.
Dhp 80
Dhp 80 · Paṇḍitasāmaṇeravatthu
While irrigators guide water,fletchers bend arrows straight,and carpenters bend timber straight,the astute tame themselves.
Udakañhi nayanti nettikā,Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā,Attānaṁ damayanti paṇḍitā.
Dhp 81
Dhp 81 · Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheravatthu
As the wind cannot stira solid mass of rock,so too blame and praisedo not affect the wise.
Selo yathā ekaghano,vātena na samīrati;Evaṁ nindāpasaṁsāsu,na samiñjanti paṇḍitā.
Dhp 82
Dhp 82 · Kāṇamātāvatthu
Like a deep lake,clear and unclouded,so clear are the astutewhen they hear the teachings.
Yathāpi rahado gambhīro,vippasanno anāvilo;Evaṁ dhammāni sutvāna,vippasīdanti paṇḍitā.
Dhp 83
Dhp 83 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu
True persons give up everything,they don’t cajole for the things they desire.Though touched by sadness or happiness,the astute appear neither depressed nor elated.
Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti,Na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo;Sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena,Na uccāvacaṁ paṇḍitā dassayanti.
Dhp 84
Dhp 84 · Dhammikattheravatthu
Never wish for success by unjust means,for your own sake or that of another,desiring children, wealth, or nation;rather, be virtuous, wise, and just.
Na attahetu na parassa hetu,Na puttamicche na dhanaṁ na raṭṭhaṁ;Na iccheyya adhammena samiddhimattano,Sa sīlavā paññavā dhammiko siyā.
Dhp 85
Dhp 85 · Dhammassavanattheravatthu
Few are those among humanswho cross to the far shore.The rest just run aroundon the near shore.
Appakā te manussesu,ye janā pāragāmino;Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,tīramevānudhāvati.
When the teaching is well explained,the people who practice accordinglywill cross overDeath’s dominion so hard to pass.
Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,dhamme dhammānuvattino;Te janā pāramessanti,maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.
Dhp 87
Dhp 87 · Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu
Rid of dark qualities,an astute person would develop the bright.Having left home for homelessnessin seclusion, where joy is hard,
Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,Sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;Okā anokamāgamma,Viveke yattha dūramaṁ.
they’d long for satisfaction there.Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,an astute person would cleanse themselvesof mental corruptions.
Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,hitvā kāme akiñcano;Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,cittaklesehi paṇḍito.
And those whose minds are rightly developedin the awakening factors;who, letting go of attachments,delight in not grasping:with defilements ended, brilliant,they are quenched in this world.
Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;Ādānapaṭinissagge,anupādāya ye ratā;Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,te loke parinibbutā.
Paṇḍitavaggo chaṭṭho.