Dhamapada
The Pairs
9
Whoever being depraved,
devoid of self-control
and truthfulness
should don the monk's yellow robe,
he surely is not worthly of the robe.
10
But whoever is purged of depravity,
well-established in virtues
and filled with self-control
and truthfulness,
he indeed is worthy of the yellow robe.
11
Those who mistake
the unessential to be essential
and the essential to be unessential,
dwelling in wrong thoughts,
never arrive at the essential.
12
Those who know
the essential to be essential
and the unessential to be unessential,
dwelling in right thoughts,
do arrive at the essential.
13
Just as rain
breaks through
an ill-thatched house,
so passion penetrates
an undeveloped mind.
14
Just as rain
does not break through
a well-thatched house,
so passion never penetrates
a well-developed mind.
15
The evil-doer
grieves here and hereafter;
he grieves in both the worlds.
He laments and is afflicted,
recollecting his own impure deeds.
16
The doer of good
rejoices here and hereafter;
he rejoices in both the worlds.
He rejoices and exults,
recollecting his own pure deeds.
17
The evil-doer
suffers here and hereafter;
he suffers in both the worlds.
The thought, "Evil have I done,"
torments him, and he suffers
even more when gone to realms of woe.*
18
The doer of good
delights here and hereafter;
he delights in both the worlds.
The thought,"Good have I done,"
delights him, and he delights
even more when gone to realms of bliss.**
19
Much though he recites
the sacred texts,
but acts not accordingly,
that heedless man
is like a cowherd
who only counts the cows of others --
he does not partake
of the blessings of a holy life.
20
Little though
he recites the scared texts,
but puts the Teaching
into practice,
forsaking lust, hatred and delusion,
with true wisdom
and emancipated mind
clinging to nothing
of this or any other world --
he indeed partakes
of the blessings of a holy life.
*realms of woe(duggati):
The worlds of demons, ghosts, animals and the hells.
**realms of bliss(sugatti):
These consist of
1)human and six divine planes of the realms of desire;
2)sixteen planes of the radiant brahma deities of subtle form;
3)four planes of formless (pure mental) brahma deities.
