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New translation of first two verses of KN Dhp Dhammapada

SP-FLUENT style translation

Meaning the priority of this translation is to spell out the meaning of the suttas fluently.

No attempt is made to try to mimic any poetic features of verse in Dhammapada.


KN Dhp 1:

♦ 1.
♦ mano-pubbaį¹…gamā dhammā,
Mind precedes dharma [which are raw mental sensory data to the mind, or fully formed concepts like the Buddha's Dharma].
mano-seį¹­į¹­hā mano-mayā.
Mind is their chief; they are all mind-made.
♦ manasā ce pa-duį¹­į¹­hena,
If the mind contains anger or any impurity
bhāsati vā karoti vā.
when it speaks or acts,
♦ tato naį¹ƒ dukkham-anveti,
then pain-&-suffering follows him,
cakkaį¹ƒva vahato padaį¹ƒ.
like the wheel that-follows the foot of the ox.

KN Dhp 2:

♦ 2.
♦ mano-pubbaį¹…gamā dhammā,
Mind precedes dharma [which are raw mental sensory data to the mind, or fully formed concepts like the Buddha's Dharma].
mano-seį¹­į¹­hā mano-mayā.
Mind is their chief; they are all mind-made.
♦ manasā ce pasannena,
If the mind is pure when it
bhāsati vā karoti vā.
speaks or acts,
♦ tato naį¹ƒ sukham-anveti,
then pleasure follows him,
chāyāva an-apāyinī VAR.
like his shadow never-departing.





FLIPT translation (word for word pāįø·i to english)

KN Dhp 1:

♦ 1.
♦ mano-pubbaį¹…gamā dhammā,
Mind-precedes (all) dharmas.
mano-seį¹­į¹­hā mano-mayā.
Mind-(is their)-chief; (they are all) mind-made.
♦ manasā ce pa-duį¹­į¹­hena,
(the) mind, if, with-impurity,
bhāsati vā karoti vā.
speaks or acts **,
♦ tato naį¹ƒ dukkham-anveti,
then *** suffering-follows (him),
cakkaį¹ƒva vahato padaį¹ƒ.
(like the) wheel that-follows (the) foot (of the ox).

KN Dhp 2:

♦ 2.
♦ mano-pubbaį¹…gamā dhammā,
Mind-precedes (all) dharmas.
mano-seį¹­į¹­hā mano-mayā.
Mind-(is their)-chief; (they are all) mind-made.
♦ manasā ce pasannena,
(the) mind, if, with-purity,
bhāsati vā karoti vā.
speaks or acts **,
♦ tato naį¹ƒ sukham-anveti,
then *** pleasure-follows (him),
chāyāva an-apāyinī VAR.
(like his) shadow never-departing.


Translation Notes


MN 117 has pubbangamā as right view

Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiį¹­į¹­hi pubbaį¹…gamā hoti.
In this context, right view comes first.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, sammādiį¹­į¹­hi pubbaį¹…gamā hoti?
And how does right view come first?
Micchādiį¹­į¹­hiį¹ƒ ‘micchādiį¹­į¹­hÄ«’ti pajānāti, sammādiį¹­į¹­hiį¹ƒ ‘sammādiį¹­į¹­hÄ«’ti pajānāti—sāssa hoti sammādiį¹­į¹­hi.
When you understand wrong view as wrong view and right view as right view, that’s your right view.





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