Dhp 22

From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2611
Date: 2009-08-06

Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 22

etaṃ* visesato ñatvā | appamādamhi paṇḍitā ||
appamāde pamodanti | ariyānaṃ gocare ratā || 22 ||

* 'evaṃ' in the Burmese reading.

1)

22. Those who are advanced in earnestness,
         having understood this clearly,
       delight in earnestness, and rejoice
         in the knowledge of the Ariyas (the elect).

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p.  9,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

22. Learned men, knowing this especially in respect of carefulness,
rejoice in carefulness, delighting in the realm of the noble ones.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 4,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the Full Moon, August 6, 2009



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