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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 398: chetvā naddhiṃ varattaṃ ca sandāmaṃ sahanukkamaṃ |ukkhittapalighaṃ buddhaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 398 …
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अथास्य मातरमभिमन्त्रयते ।इलाऽसि मैत्रावरुणी, वीरे वीरमजीजनत् ।सा त्वं वीरवती भव, यास्मान्वीरवतोऽकरत् ॥ इति ॥तं वा एतमाहुः, अतिपिता बताभूः, अतिपितामहो बताभूः, परमां बत काष्ठां प्रापत्, श्रिया यशसा …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 397: sabbasaṃyojanaṃ chetvā yo ve na paritassati |saṅgātigaṃ vidaññuttaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 397 || 397. Who …
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अथैनं मात्रे प्रदाय स्तनं प्रयच्छति—यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूः, यो रत्नधा वसुविद्यः सुदत्रो ।येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि सरस्वति तमिह धातवे कर् ॥ इति ॥ २८ ॥ athainaṃ mātre pradāya stanaṃ …
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अथास्य नाम करोति, वेदोऽसीति; तदस्य तद्गुह्यमेव नाम भवति ॥ २६ ॥ athāsya nāma karoti, vedo'sīti; tadasya tadguhyameva nāma bhavati ॥ 26 ॥ 26. Then he gives me a name, ‘You are Veda (knowledge).’ …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 395: paṃsukūladharaṃ jantūṃ kisaṃ dhamanisanthataṃ |ekaṃ vanasmiṃ jhāyantaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 395 || 395. …
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