DHAMMATTHA VAGGA
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Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho, yenatthaṃ sāhasā naye; yo ca atthaṃ anatthañca, ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.
257 )
Asāhasena dhammena, samena nayatī pare; dhammassa gutto medhāvī, “dhammaṭṭho”ti pavuccati.
258 )
Na tena paṇḍito hoti, yāvatā bahu bhāsati; khemī averī abhayo, “paṇḍito”ti pavuccati.
259 )
Na tāvatā dhammadharo, yāvatā bahu bhāsati; yo ca appampi sutvāna, dhammaṃ kāyena passati; sa ve dhammadharo hoti, yo dhammaṃ nappamajjati.
260 )
Na tena thero so hoti ‚, yenassa palitaṃ siro; paripakko vayo tassa, “moghajiṇṇo”ti vuccati.
261 )
Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca, ahiṃsā saṃyamo damo; sa ve vantamalo dhīro, “thero” iti ‚ pavuccati.
262 )
Na vākkaraṇamattena, vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā; sādhurūpo naro hoti, issukī maccharī saṭho.
263 )
Yassa cetaṃ samucchinnaṃ, mūlaghaccaṃ samūhataṃ; sa vantadoso medhāvī, “sādhurūpo”ti vuccati.
264 )
Na muṇḍakena samaṇo, abbato alikaṃ bhaṇaṃ; icchālobhasamāpanno, samaṇo kiṃ bhavissati.
265 )
Yo ca sameti pāpāni, aṇuṃ thūlāni sabbaso; samitattā hi pāpānaṃ, “samaṇo”ti pavuccati.
266 )
Na tena bhikkhu so hoti, yāvatā bhikkhate pare; vissaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya, bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.
267 )
Yodha puññañca pāpañca, bāhetvā brahmacariyavā; saṅkhāya loke carati, sa ve “bhikkhū”ti vuccati.
268 )
Na monena munī hoti, mūḷharūpo aviddasu; yo ca tulaṃva paggayha, varamādāya paṇḍito.
269 )
Pāpāni parivajjeti, sa munī tena so muni; yo munāti ubho loke, “muni” tena pavuccati.
270 )
Na tena ariyo hoti, yena pāṇāni hiṃsati; ahiṃsā sabbapāṇānaṃ, “ariyo”ti pavuccati.
271 )
Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana; atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā.
272 )
Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṃ, aputhujjanasevitaṃ; bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi, appatto āsavakkhayaṃ.