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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 415: yo'dha kāme pahātvāna anāgāro paribbaje |kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 415 || 415. Who has …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 414: yo imaṃ paḷipathaṃ duggaṃ saṃsāraṃ mohamaccagā |tiṇṇo pāragato jhāyī anejo akathaṅkathī |anupādāya nibbuto tam …
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तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ |ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि || 24|| tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitaujñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum …
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य: शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारत: |न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् || 23|| yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥna sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ …
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एतैर्विमुक्त: कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नर: |आचरत्यात्मन: श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् || 22|| etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥācharaty ātmanaḥ śhreyas tato yāti parāṁ …
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त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मन: |काम: क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् || 21|| tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥkāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ …
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