0.4Chabbaggiyabhikkhuvatthu

1Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa,All tremble at the rod,2sabbe bhāyanti maccuno;all fear death.3Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,Treating others like oneself,4na haneyya na ghātaye.neither kill nor incite to kill.

0Chabbaggiyavatthu

1Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa,All tremble at the rod,2sabbesaṁ jīvitaṁ piyaṁ;all love life.3Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,Treating others like oneself,4na haneyya na ghātaye.neither kill nor incite to kill.

0Sambahulakumārakavatthu

1Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni,Creatures love happiness,2yo daṇḍena vihiṁsati;so if you harm them with a stick¹3Attano sukhamesāno,in search of your own happiness,4pecca so na labhate sukhaṁ.after death you won’t find happiness.

1Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni,Creatures love happiness,2yo daṇḍena na hiṁsati;so if you don’t harm them with a stick3Attano sukhamesāno,in search of your own happiness,4pecca so labhate sukhaṁ.after death you will find happiness.

0Koṇḍadhānattheravatthu

1Māvoca pharusaṁ kañci,Don’t speak harshly,2vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṁ;they may speak harshly back.3Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā,For aggressive speech is painful,4paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṁ.and the rod may spring back on you.

1Sace neresi attānaṁ,If you still yourself2kaṁso upahato yathā;like a broken gong,3Esa pattosi nibbānaṁ,you reach extinguishment4sārambho te na vijjati.and know no conflict.

0Uposathikaitthīnaṁvatthu

1Yathā daṇḍena gopālo,As a cowherd drives the cows2gāvo pājeti gocaraṁ;to pasture with the rod,3Evaṁ jarā ca maccu ca,so too old age and death4āyuṁ pājenti pāṇinaṁ.drive life from living beings.

0Ajagarapetavatthu

1Atha pāpāni kammāni,The fool does not understand2karaṁ bālo na bujjhati;the evil that they do.3Sehi kammehi dummedho,But because of those deeds, that simpleton4aggidaḍḍhova tappati.is tormented as if burnt by fire.

0Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu

1Yo daṇḍena adaṇḍesu,One who violently attacks2appaduṭṭhesu dussati;the peaceful and the innocent3Dasannamaññataraṁ ṭhānaṁ,swiftly falls4khippameva nigacchati.to one of ten bad states:

1Vedanaṁ pharusaṁ jāniṁ,harsh pain; loss;2sarīrassa va bhedanaṁ;the breakup of the body;3Garukaṁ vāpi ābādhaṁ,serious illness;4cittakkhepaṁ va pāpuṇe.mental distress;

1Rājato vā upasaggaṁ,hazards from rulers;2Abbhakkhānaṁ va dāruṇaṁ;vicious slander;3Parikkhayaṁ va ñātīnaṁ,loss of kin;4Bhogānaṁ va pabhaṅguraṁ.destruction of wealth;

1Atha vāssa agārāni,or else their home2aggi ḍahati pāvako;is consumed by fire.3Kāyassa bhedā duppañño,When their body breaks up, that witless person4nirayaṁ sopapajjati.is reborn in hell.

0Bahubhaṇḍikabhikkhuvatthu

1Na naggacariyā na jaṭā na paṅkā,Not nudity, nor matted hair, nor mud,2Nānāsakā thaṇḍilasāyikā vā;nor fasting, nor lying on bare ground,3Rajojallaṁ ukkuṭikappadhānaṁ,nor wearing dust and dirt, or squatting on the heels,4Sodhenti maccaṁ avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ.will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt.

0Santatimahāmattavatthu

1Alaṅkato cepi samaṁ careyya,Dressed up they may be, but if they live well—2Santo danto niyato brahmacārī;peaceful, tamed, committed to the spiritual path,3Sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ,having laid aside violence toward all creatures—4So brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu.they are a brahmin, an ascetic, a mendicant.

0Pilotikatissattheravatthu

1Hirīnisedho puriso,Can a person constrained by conscience2koci lokasmi vijjati;be found in the world?3Yo niddaṁ apabodheti,Who shies away from blame,4asso bhadro kasāmiva.like a fine horse from the whip?

1Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho,Like a fine horse under the whip,2Ātāpino saṁvegino bhavātha;be keen and full of urgency.3Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca,With faith, ethics, and energy,4Samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca;immersion, and investigation of principles,5Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā,accomplished in knowledge and conduct, mindful,6Jahissatha dukkhamidaṁ anappakaṁ.give up this vast suffering.

0Sukhasāmaṇeravatthu

1Udakañhi nayanti nettikā,While irrigators guide water,2Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;fletchers bend arrows straight,3Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā,and carpenters bend timber straight,4Attānaṁ damayanti subbatā.those true to their vows tame themselves.

5Daṇḍavaggo dasamo.