0.4Daharabhikkhuvatthu

1Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya,Don’t resort to lowly things,2pamādena na saṁvase;don’t abide in negligence,3Micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya,don’t resort to wrong views,4na siyā lokavaḍḍhano.don’t perpetuate the world.

0Suddhodanavatthu

1Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya,Get up, don’t be heedless,2dhammaṁ sucaritaṁ care;live by principle, with good conduct.3Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti,For one of good conduct sleeps at ease,4asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.in this world and the next.

1Dhammaṁ care sucaritaṁ,Live by principle, with good conduct,2na naṁ duccaritaṁ care;don’t conduct yourself badly.3Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti,For one of good conduct sleeps at ease,4asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.in this world and the next.

0Pañcasatavipassakabhikkhuvatthu

1Yathā pubbuḷakaṁ passe,Look upon the world2yathā passe marīcikaṁ;as a bubble3Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ,or a mirage,4maccurājā na passati.then the King of Death won’t see you.

0Abhayarājakumāravatthu

1Etha passathimaṁ lokaṁ,Come, see this world decked out2cittaṁ rājarathūpamaṁ;like a fancy royal chariot.3Yattha bālā visīdanti,Here fools founder,4natthi saṅgo vijānataṁ.but the discerning are not chained.

0Sammajjanattheravatthu

1Yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā,He who once was heedless,2pacchā so nappamajjati;but turned to heedfulness,3Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti,shines upon this world4abbhā muttova candimā.like the moon freed from clouds.

0Aṅgulimālattheravatthu

1Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ,Someone whose bad deed2kusalena pidhīyati;is supplanted by the good,3Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti,shines upon this world,4abbhā muttova candimā.like the moon freed from clouds.

0Pesakāradhītāvatthu

1Andhabhūto ayaṁ loko,Blind is the world,2tanukettha vipassati;few are those who clearly see.3Sakuṇo jālamuttova,Only a handful go to heaven,4appo saggāya gacchati.like a bird freed from a net.

0Tiṁsabhikkhuvatthu

1Haṁsādiccapathe yanti,Swans fly by the sun’s path,2ākāse yanti iddhiyā;psychic sages fly through space.3Nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā,The attentive leave the world,4jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ.having vanquished Māra with his legions.

0Ciñcamāṇavikāvatthu

1Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa,When a personage, spurning the hereafter,2musāvādissa jantuno;transgresses in just one thing—3Vitiṇṇaparalokassa,lying—4natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ.there is no evil they would not do.

0Asadisadānavatthu

1Na ve kadariyā devalokaṁ vajanti,The miserly don’t ascend to heaven,2Bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ;it takes a fool to not praise giving.3Dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno,The attentive celebrate giving,4Teneva so hoti sukhī parattha.and so find happiness in the hereafter.

0Anāthapiṇḍikaputtakālavatthu

1Pathabyā ekarajjena,The fruit of stream-entry is better2saggassa gamanena vā;than being the one king of the earth,3Sabbalokādhipaccena,than going to heaven,4sotāpattiphalaṁ varaṁ.than lordship over all the world.

5Lokavaggo terasamo.