⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho ~ yenatthaṁ sahasā ChS: sāhasā.⁰² naye,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yo ca atthaṁ anatthañ-ca ~ ubho niccheyya paṇḍito, [256]

 

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
asāhasena dhammena ~ samena nayatī pare,

−−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   mavipula
dhammassa gutto medhāvī ~ dhammaṭṭho ti pavuccati. [257]

 

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
na tena paṇḍito hoti ~ yāvatā bahu bhāsati,

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipula
khemī averī abhayo ~ paṇḍito ti pavuccati. [258]

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipula
na tāvatā dhammadharo ~ yāvatā bahu bhāsati,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yo ca appam-pi sutvāna ~ dhammaṁ kāyena passati,

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sa ve dhammadharo hoti ~ yo dhammaṁ nappamajjati. [259]

 

⏑−⏑−−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−    irregular
na tena thero ChS: na tena thero so hoti. cf. 266a below. see Brough p. 239. Wecould read bhavati to give bhavipulā.⁰³ hoti ~ yenassa palitaṁ PTS: phalitaṁ.⁰⁴ siro,

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
paripakko vayo tassa ~ moghajiṇṇo ti vuccati. [260]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yamhi saccañ-ca dhammo ca ~ ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo,

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sa ve vantamalo dhīro ~ thero iti PTS: thero ti; Thai: so thero ti.⁰⁵ pavuccati. [261]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
na vākkaraṇamattena ~ vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
sādhurūpo naro hoti ~ issukī maccharī saṭho. [262]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ ~ mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipula
sa vantadoso medhāvī ~ sādhurūpo ti vuccati. [263]

 

⏑−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipula
na muṇḍakena samaṇo ~ abbato alikaṁ bhaṇaṁ

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
icchālobhasamāpanno ~ samaṇo kiṁ bhavissati? [264]

 

−⏑⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
yo ca sameti pāpāni, ~ aṇuṁ-thūlāni sabbaso,

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
samitattā hi pāpānaṁ ~ samaṇo ti pavuccati. [265]

 

⏑−⏑−⏑−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−    irregular
na tena bhikkhu BJT: bhikkhū hoti (ū is a printer's error).⁰⁶ hoti ~ yāvatā bhikkhate pare,

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
vissaṁ dhammaṁ samādāya ~ bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā. [266]

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
yodha puññañ-ca pāpañ-ca ~ bāhetvā brahmacarⁱyavā,

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipula
saṅkhāya loke carati, ~ sa ce bhikkhū ti vuccati. [267]

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
na monena munī BJT, Thai: muni; in the text ī is m.c. to give the pathyā cadence.⁰⁷ hoti ~ mūḷharūpo aviddasu,

−⏑⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− Metre: note the light 2nd & 3rd syllables in the prior line.⁰⁸
yo ca tulaṁ va paggayha ~ varam-ādāya paṇḍito, [268]

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
pāpāni parivajjeti, ~ sa munī Thai: muni; in the text ī is m.c. to avoid 2 light syllables in 2nd & 3rd positions.⁰⁹ tena so muni,

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yo munāti ubho loke ~ muni PTS: munī, PTS probably accepts this reading because of munī in line b; but it is not needed by the metre here.¹⁰ tena pavuccati. [269]

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
na tena ariyo hoti ~ yena pāṇāni hiṁsati,

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− Metre: note that twice in this verse we have to scan the sarabhatti vowel in ariya as having its full value.¹¹
ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ ~ ariyo ti pavuccati. [270]

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā x 2
na sīlabbatamattena, ~ bāhusaccena vā pana,

⏑⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
atha vā samādhilābhena, ~ vivittasayanena BJT, PTS, Thai: vivicca-. see Brough p. 191.¹² vā, [271]

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipula
phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, ~ aputhujjanasevitaṁ,

−⏑−−¦−−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   pathyā
bhikkhu vissāsa' māpādi BJT: vissāsaṁ māpādi; in the text niggahīta is lost m.c. to give the normal cadence.¹³ ~ appatto āsavakkhayaṁ. [272]