0.4Bodhirājakumāravatthu

1Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā,If you knew your self as beloved,2rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;you’d look after it so well.3Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ,In one of the night’s three watches,4paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.an astute person would remain alert.

0Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu

1Attānameva paṭhamaṁ,The astute would avoid being corrupted2patirūpe nivesaye;by first grounding themselves3Athaññamanusāseyya,in what is suitable,4na kilisseyya paṇḍito.and then instructing others.

0Padhānikatissattheravatthu

1Attānañce tathā kayirā,If one were to treat oneself¹2yathāññamanusāsati;as one instructs another,3Sudanto vata dametha,the well-tamed indeed would tame:²4attā hi kira duddamo.for the self, it seems, is hard to tame.

0Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu

1Attā hi attano nātho,One is indeed the lord of oneself,2ko hi nātho paro siyā;for who else would be one’s lord?3Attanā hi sudantena,By means of a well-tamed self,4nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.one gains a lord that’s rare indeed.

0Mahākālaupāsakavatthu

1Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,For the evil that is done by oneself,2Attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ;born and produced in oneself,3Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ,grinds down a simpleton,4Vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.as diamond grinds a lesser gem.

0Devadattavatthu

1Yassa accantadussilyaṁ,One choked by immorality,2māluvā sālamivotthataṁ;as a sal tree by a creeper,3Karoti so tathattānaṁ,does to themselves4yathā naṁ icchatī diso.what a foe only wishes.

0Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu

1Sukarāni asādhūni,It’s easy to do bad things2attano ahitāni ca;harmful to oneself,3Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca,but good things that are helpful4taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.are the hardest things to do.

0Kālattheravatthu

1Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ,On account of wicked views—2ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ;scorning the guidance3Paṭikkosati dummedho,of the perfected ones,4diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ;the noble ones living righteously—5Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva,the idiot begets their own self’s demise,6attaghātāya phallati.like the bamboo bearing fruit.

0Cūḷakālaupāsakavatthu

1Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,For it is by oneself that evil’s done,2attanā saṅkilissati;one is corrupted by oneself.3Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ,It’s by oneself that evil’s not done,4attanāva visujjhati;one is purified by oneself.5Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ,Purity and impurity are personal matters,6nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.no one can purify another.

0Attadatthattheravatthu

1Attadatthaṁ paratthena,Never neglect what is good for yourself2bahunāpi na hāpaye;for the sake of another, however great.3Attadatthamabhiññāya,Knowing well what is good for yourself,4sadatthapasuto siyā.be intent upon your heart’s goal.

5Attavaggo dvādasamo.