Examples of Classical Metres from
Mahﾄ」a盪《a & Cﾅｫlava盪《a in the edition by
Wilhelm Geiger
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Editor’s Preface The text of the summary verses from Mahāvaṁsa that is presented here is meant to illustrate some of the main Classical metres that were employed in the Medieval period. In Indo-Āryan verse composition from the Vedas onwards it was customary to end poems written in one kind of metre, with a summary verse in another. This tradition was continued in the Mahāvaṁsa, which was written predominantly in the Classical Siloka metre. At the end of each chapter (pariccheda) there is a summary verse usually written in one of the elaborate Classical Samavutta or Aḍḍhasamavutta metres. The summary verses in this work normally take the form of a moral exhortation, indicating the lesson that can be learned from the foregoing narrative, though they sometimes merely summarize the action. Wilhelm Geiger’s edition of the text, which has been very carefully established, especially in regard to the metre, has been followed here, except that it has been slightly repunctuated to accord with the standards employed in other documents on this Website. Please note that in this edition: 1) Vowel elision is not marked. 2) Consonants that have arisen is sandhi are joined with a hyphen to the following word. 3) The quotation marker is written separate from the preceding word.
3 At the moment only the verses up to chapter 73 have been prepared (up to the end of Book I of Cūlavaṁsa in Geiger’s edition). Chapters 40, 43, 47, & 71 are not included here as the chapter itself, or the summary verse is missing from the edition. Ānandajoti Bhikkhu November 2002
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Index of Metres Tuṭṭhubha (11 syllables): Upajāti Mhv 35.127 Mhv 38.115 Mhv 44.155 Mhv 46.47 Mhv 48.160 Mhv 49.94 Mhv 50.87 Mhv 51.136 Mhv 55.34 Mhv 56.17 Mhv 59.51 Mhv 62.67 Mhv 63.53 Mhv 69.38 Mhv 70.336 Indavajirā Mhv 45.82 Mhv 68.59 Mhv 9.29 Upindavajirā Mhv 54.73 Dodaka Mhv 16.18 Jagatī (12 syllables): Vaṁsaṭṭhā Mhv 12.55 Toṭaka Mhv 24.59 Vessadevī Mhv 14.65
Mhv 22.88
Mhv 8.28
Atijagatī (13 syllables): Pahāsinī Mhv 11.42 Mhv 15.233 Mhv 27.48 32.84 Mhv 6.47 Mattamayūra Mhv 5.282 Mhv 19.84 Rucirā Mhv 2.33
Mhv
Sakkarī (14 syllables): Vasantatilakā Mhv 10.106 Mhv 13.21 Mhv 26.26 Mhv 28.44 Mhv 29.70 Mhv 3.42 Mhv 31.125 Mhv 57.76 Mhv 58.59 Mhv 64.64 Mhv 65.44 Mhv 66.158 Mhv 7.74 Mhv 72.329 Atisakkarī (15 syllables): Mālinī Mhv 4.66
Mhv 67.96
Mhv 21.34
Mhv 34.94
5 Accaṭṭhi (17 syllables): Mandakkantā Mhv 37.248 Atidhiti (19 syllables): Saddūlavikkīlita Mhv 42.69 Mhv 53.52 20.59 Mhv 30.100 Mhv 39.59
Mhv 61.73
Mhv
Pakati (21 syllables): Saddharā Mhv 60.91 41.103 Mhv 52.82
Mhv 1.84
Mhv 25.116
Mhv
Aḍḍhasamavutta: Aparavatta (mattā 14 + 16) Mhv 23.102 Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 18.68 36.133 Mālabhāraṇī (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 17.65
Mhv 33.105
Mhv
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The Text of the Verses from Mahavaṁsa Saddharā (21) Mhv 1.84 −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Evaṁ Laṅkāya nātho hitam-amitamatī āyatiṁ pekkhamāno −−−−⏑−−⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
tasmiṁ kālamhi Laṅkāsurabhujagagaṇādīnam-atthaṁ ca passaṁ −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
āgā tikkhattum-etaṁ ativipuladayo lokadīpo sudīpaṁ −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
dīpo tenāyam-āsī sujanabahumato dhammadīpāvabhāsī ti.
Rucirā (13) Mhv 2.33 ⏑−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Tathāgato sakalaguṇaggataṁ gato ⏑−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
aniccatāvasam-avaso upāgato: ⏑−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
itīdha yo bhayajananiṁ aniccataṁ, ⏑−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
avekkhate, sa bhavati dukkhapārago ti.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 3.42 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Therā pi te matipadīpahatandhakārā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
lokandhakārahananamhi mahāpadīpā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
nibbāpitā maraṇaghoramahānilena: −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
tenāpi jīvitamadaṁ matimā jaheyyā ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 7
Mālinī (15) Mhv 4.66 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Iti paramamatīnaṁ pattipattabbakānaṁ ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
tibhavahitakarānaṁ lokanāthorasānaṁ ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−, −⏑−−⏑−−
sumariya maraṇaṁ taṁ saṁkhatāsārakattaṁ ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
parigaṇiyamasesaṁ appamatto bhaveyyā ti.
Mattamayūra (13) Mhv 5.282 −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
Hitvā seṭṭhaṁ brahmavimānaṁ pi manuññaṁ −−−−,−⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−
jegucchaṁ so sāsanahetu naralokaṁ −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
āgammākā sāsanakiccaṁ katakicco, −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
ko nāmañño sāsanakiccamhi pamajje? ti
Pahāsinī (13) Mhv 6.47 −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Laṅkāyaṁ Vijayasanāmako kumāro −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
otiṇṇo thiramati Tambapaṇṇidese −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
sālānaṁ yamakaguṇānam-antarasmiṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
nibbātuṁ sayitadine tathāgatassā ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 8
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 7.74 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Hitvāna pubbacaritaṁ visamaṁ samena −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
dhammena Laṅkam-akhilaṁ anusāsamāno −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
so Tambapaṇṇinagare Vijayo narindo −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
rajjaṁ akārayi samā khalu aṭṭhatiṁsā ti.
Vaṁsaṭṭhā (12) Mhv 8.28 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Subhaddakaccānam-anomarūpiniṁ ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
mahesibhāve abhiseciyattano ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
sahāgatā tāya padāya attanā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
sahāgatānaṁ vasi bhūmipo sukhaṁ ti.
Indavajirā (11) Mhv 9.29 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Tasmiṁ matasmiṁ manujādhipasmiṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbe samāgamma narindaputtā −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
tassābhayassābhayadassa bhātu −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
rājābhisekaṁ akaruṁ uḷāraṁ ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 9
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 10.106 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
So Paṇḍukābhayamahīpati sattatiṁsa−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vassodhigamma dhitimā dharaṇīpatittaṁ −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
ramme anūnam-Anurādhapure samiddhe −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vassāni sattati akārayi rajjam-etthā ti.
Pahāsinī (13) Mhv 11.42 −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Vesākhe narapati puṇṇamāyam-evaṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
devānaṁpiyavacanopagūḷhanāmo −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Laṅkāyaṁ pavitatapīti-ussavāyaṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
attānaṁ janasukhadobhisecayī so ti.
Vaṁsaṭṭhā (12) Mhv 12.55 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Mahādayassāpi jinassa kaḍḍhanaṁ ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
vihāya pattaṁ amataṁ sukhaṁ pi te ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
kariṁsu lokassa hitaṁ tahiṁ tahiṁ: ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
bhaveyya ko lokahite pamādavā? ti
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 10
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 13.21 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Laṅkāpasādanaguṇena viyākato so −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Laṅkāhitāya muninā sayitena ante −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Laṅkāya satthusadiso hitahetu tassā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Laṅkāmarūhi mahitobhinisīdi tatthā ti.
Vessadevī (12) Mhv 14.65 −−−−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Laṅkādīpe so satthukappo akappo −−−−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Laṅkādhiṭṭhāne dvīsu ṭhānesu thero −−−−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
dhammaṁ bhāsitvā dīpabhāsāya evaṁ −−−−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
saddhammotāraṁ kārayī dīpadīpo ti.
Pahāsinī (13) Mhv 15.233 −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Devānaṁpiyavacanopagūḷhanāmo −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Laṅkāyaṁ paṭhamam-imaṁ Mahāvihāraṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
rājā so sumati Mahāmahindatheraṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
āgammāmalamatim-ettha kārayitthā ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 11
Dodaka (11) Mhv 16.18 −⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−−
Devamanussagaṇā gaṇinaṁ taṁ −⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−−
taṁ ca gaṇaṁ guṇavitthatakittiṁ −⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−−
yānam upecca ca mānayamānā −⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−−
puññacayaṁ vipulaṁ akariṁsū ti.
Mālabhāraṇī (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 17.65 ⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
Sakadhātusarīrakena cevaṁ ⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
parinibbāṇagato pi lokanātho ⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
janatāya hitaṁ sukhaṁ ca sammā ⏑⏑−−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
bahudhākāsi ṭhite jine kathā kā? ti
Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 18.68 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
Iti Kusumapure sare saraṁsā ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
bahuvidhacārudhajākulā visālā ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
surucirapavarorubodhipūjā ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
marunaracittavikāsinī ahosī ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 12
Mattamayūra (13) Mhv 19.84 −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
Evaṁ Laṅkālokahitaṁ sāsanavuddhiṁ −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
saṁsādhento esa mahābodhidumindo −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
Laṅkādīpe rammamahāmeghavanasmiṁ −−−−,−⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−
aṭṭhā dīghaṁ kālam-anekabbhutayutto ti.
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 20.59 −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
Taṁ etaṁ atisāhasaṁ atibalaṁ nāvāriyaṁ yo naro −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
jānanto pi aniccataṁ bhavagate nibbindate neva ca −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
nibbiṇṇo viratiṁ ratiṁ na kurute pāpehi puññehi ca −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
- tassesā atimohajālabalatā - jānaṁ pi sammuyhatī ti.
Mālinī (15) Mhv 21.34 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Agatigamanadosā muttamattena eso ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
anupahatakudiṭṭhī pīdisiṁ pāpuṇiddhiṁ, ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
agatigamanadosaṁ suddhadiṭṭhī samāno ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
katham-idha hi manusso buddhimā no jaheyyā ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 13
Vaṁsaṭṭhā (12) Mhv 22.88 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Calācalāyaṁ gatiyaṁ hi pāṇino ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
upenti puññena yathāruciṁ gatiṁ, ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
itīti mantvā satataṁ mahādaro ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
bhaveyya puññūpacayamhi buddhimā ti.
Aparavatta (mattā 14 + 16) Mhv 23.102 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
Iti sucaritajātam-abbhutaṁ ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
suṇiya naro matimā sukhattiko ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
akusalapathato paraṁmukho ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
kusalapathebhirameyya sabbadā ti.
Toṭaka (12) Mhv 24.59 ⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−
Iti veram-anekavikappacitaṁ ⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−
samayanti bahuṁ api sappurisā: ⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−
iti cintiya ko hi naro matimā ⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−
na bhaveyya paresu susantamano ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 14
Saddharā (21) Mhv 25.116 −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Ete te nekakoṭī idha manujagaṇe ghātite cintayitvā −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
kāmānaṁ hetu etaṁ manasi ca kayirā sādhu ādīnavaṁ taṁ −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
sabbesaṁ ghātaniṁ taṁ manasi ca kayirāniccataṁ sādhu sādhu −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
evaṁ dukkhā pamokkhaṁ subhagatim-athavā pāpuṇeyyācirenā ti.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 26.26 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Bhogā dasaḍḍhavidhadosavidūsitā pi −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
paññāvisesasahitehi janehi pattā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
honteva pañcaguṇayogagahītasārā: −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
iccassa sāragahaṇe matimā yateyyā ti.
Pahāsinī (13) Mhv 27.48 −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Nissāre dhananicaye visesasāraṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
ye dānaṁ parigaṇayanti sādhupaññā, −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
te dānaṁ vipulam-apetacittasaṅgā −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
sattānaṁ hitaparamā dadanti evaṁ ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 15
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 28.44 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Khedaṁ pi kāyajam-asayham-acintayitvā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
puññaṁ pasannamanasopacitaṁ hi evaṁ −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sādheti sādhanasatāni sukhākarāni: −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
tasmā pasannamanaso va kareyya puññaṁ ti.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 29.70 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ pasannamatimā ratanattayamhi −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
cāgādhimuttamanasā janatāhitena −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
lokatthasiddhi paramā bhavatī ti ñatvā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
saddhādinekaguṇayogaratiṁ kareyyā ti.
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 30.100 −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
Tiṭṭhantaṁ sugataṁ ca pūjiyatamaṁ lokuttamaṁ nittamaṁ −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
dhātū cassa vicuṇṇitā janahitaṁ āsiṁsatā pūjiya −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
puññaṁ taṁ samam-iccavecca matimā saddhāguṇālaṁkato −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
tiṭṭhantaṁ sugataṁ viyassa munino dhātuṁ ca saṁpūjaye ti.
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa & Cūlavaṁsa - 16
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 31.125 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Puññāni evam-amalāni sayaṁ ca santo −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
kubbanti sabbavibhavuttamapattihetu −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
kārenti cāpi hi pare parisuddhacittā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
nānāvisesajanatāparivārahetū ti.
Pahāsinī (13) Mhv 32.84 −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
Evaṁ yo kusalaparo karoti puññaṁ −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
chādento aniyatapāpakaṁ bahuṁ pi, −−−,⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
so saggaṁ sagharam-ivopayāti, tasmā −−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
sappañño satatarato bhaveyya puññe ti.
Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 33.105 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
Iti parahitam-attano hitaṁ ca ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
paṭilabhiyissariyaṁ karoti pañño ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
vipulam-api kubuddhi laddhabhogaṁ ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
ubhayahitaṁ na karoti bhogaluddho ti.
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Mālinī (15) Mhv 34.94 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Iti vibhavam-anappaṁ sādhupaññā labhitvā ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
vigatamadapamādā cattakāmappasaṅgā ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
akariya janakhedaṁ puññakammābhirāmā ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
vipulavividhapuññaṁ suppasannā karontī ti.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 35.127 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ asārehi dhanehi sāraṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
puññāni katvāna bahūni paññā −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
ādenti, bālā pana kāmahetu ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
bahūni pāpāni karonti mohā ti.
Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 36.133 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
Iti ‘bahuvidhapuññahetubhūtā ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
narapatitā bahupāpahetu cā’ ti ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
madhuram-iva visena missam-annaṁ ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−−
sujanamano bhajate na taṁ kadācī ti.
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The Text of the Verses from Cūlavaṁsa (Vol 1) Mandakkantā (17) Mhv 37.248 −−−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Sabbe pete dharaṇipatayo maccum-accetum-ante −−−−⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
no sakkhiṁsūpacitasubalā sādhusaṁpannabhogā, −−−−⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
evaṁ sabbe nidhanavasagā honti sattā ti niccaṁ −−−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
rāgaṁ sammā vinayatu dhane jīvite cāpi dhīmā.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 38.115 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Dasāpi te rājavarā sabhogā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
upāgamuṁ maccumukhaṁ abhogā, ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
aniccataṁ bhogavato dhane ca −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
disvā sapañño vibhavaṁ va icche?
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 39.59 −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
Evaṁ Kassapakopino atibalī puññakkhaye saṅkhate −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
jetuṁ no visahittha maccum-upagaṁ so yeva dāso viya: −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
tasmā maccubhayaṁ nihacca sukhino hessanti medhāvino −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
nibbāṇaṁ param-accutaṁ sivapadaṁ pattabbam-attaññunā.
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Saddharā (21) Mhv 41.103 −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Aṭṭhete tuṭṭhacittāparimitavibhavā rājarājena rūpā −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
rājāno rājamānā narakarituragā sūrasenārathehi −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
ante hitvākhilaṁ taṁ vigataparijanāḷāhaṇaṁ saṁgatāsuṁ: −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
sappañño taṁ saranto bhavatu bhavasukhaṁ vantukāmo hitesī.
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 42.69 −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
Evaṁ puññaratā narādhipatayo saṁpannabhogāgamuṁ −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
maccusseva vasaṁ; tato hi matimā sammā bhavassīdisaṁ −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
passanto niyamaṁ, vihāya vidhinā sabbaṁ bhave saṁgatiṁ −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
nibbāṇābhimukho careyya dhitimā pabbajjam-ajjhūpago.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 44.155 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ aniccā vata sabbabhogā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sudullabhā ceva khaṇeva sobhā −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
tasmā hi etesu ratiṁ vihāya ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
bhaveyya dhammābhimukho hitesī.
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Indavajirā (11) Mhv 45.82 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ pare māriya āhavamhi −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
kicchena laddhā va narena bhogā −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
āsuṁ khaṇe vijjulatopasobhā; −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
ko buddhimā tesu ratiṁ kareyya?
Upajāti (11) Mhv 46.47 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ viditvā bahupaddavāni ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
dhanāni dhaññāni ca vāhanāni ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−−−−
vihāya rajjesu ratiṁ sappaññā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
manuññapuññābhiratā bhaveyyuṁ.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 48.160 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ anekehi nayehi laddhā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
janassa dukkhehi virūpakehi −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
bhogā vinassanti khaṇena sabbe. ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Aho tahiṁ yeva ramanti bālā!
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Upajāti (11) Mhv 49.94 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ aniccā vata sabbadehī −−⏑−¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
sabbaññuno pevam-upenti maccuṁ: ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
pahāya tasmā bhavarāgajātaṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
buddho subuddhī vibhave bhaveyya.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 50.87 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Bhogā aniccā saha jīvitena, ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
pag-eva te bandhujanā sahāyā: ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
narādhipaṁ passatha ekam-eva ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
samāgataṁ maccumukhaṁ sughoraṁ.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 51.136 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Sudujjayaṁ Paṇḍunarādhirājaṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
eko, paro Rohaṇam-uggaduggaṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
katvā pi ete savasaṁ narindā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sayaṁ vasaṁ maccum-upāgamiṁsu.
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Saddharā (21) Mhv 52.82 −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Laṅkārajje pi ṭhatvā kathitatipiṭako sabbavijjāpadīpo −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
vattā vādī kavīso satidhitivisado desako bhāvako ca −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
paññāsaddhādayāvā parahitanirato lokavedī vadaññū −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
rājindo Kassapoyaṁ viya vimalaguṇo hotu loko pi sabbo.
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 53.52 −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
Pañcete vasudhādhipā vasumatiṁ ekātapattaṅkitaṁ −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
bhutvā niggahasaṁgahehi sakalaṁ lokaṁ vasevattiya −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
yātā maccuvasaṁ saputtavanitā sāmaccamittānugā: −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
iccevaṁ satataṁ sarantu sujanā hātuṁ pamādaṁ madaṁ.
Upindavajirā (11) Mhv 54.73 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Ito viditvā khalu pāpamitta⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vidheyyabhāvaṁ parihānihetuṁ ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sukhattito ye idha vā huraṁ vā, ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
jahantu te ghoravisaṁ va vālaṁ.
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Upajāti (11) Mhv 55.34 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Pamādadosānagatena evaṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
laddhā pi bhogā na thirā bhavanti: −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
iccappamādaṁ hitam-āsasāno −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
niccaṁ suviññū susamācareyya.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 56.17 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Ime bhusaṁ lobhabalābhibhūtā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
gatā asesā vivasā vināsaṁ: −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
iccevam-aññāya sadā sapañño −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
taṇhakkhaye yeva ratiṁ kareyya.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 57.76 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑ −⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Āgamma sattarasavassavayaṁ kumāro −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbattha patthaṭamahāyasakittitejo −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sāmādinekavidhiyogavisesadakkho −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
khīṇārikaṇṭakam-akākhilarohaṇaṁ taṁ.
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Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 58.59 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Vīro asesanihatuddhatacoḷaseṭṭho −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
viññū susādhu ṭhapitākhilarājaraṭṭho −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
iṭṭhaṁ ’nurādhapuraseṭṭham-atīva haṭṭho −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vassamhi pañcadasame gami rājaseṭṭho.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 59.51 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Vidhāya evaṁ sajane janindo −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
nissesato bhogasamappito so ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
dayāparo ñātijanātam-atthaṁ ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
samācarī nītipathānurūpaṁ.
Saddharā (21) Mhv 60.91 −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
Evaṁ paññāsavassāni ha Vijayabhujo vattayitvāna sammā −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
āṇācakkaṁ janindo vyapagatakhalanaṁ esa pañcādhikāni −−−−⏑−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−⏑−−⏑−−
vaḍḍhetvā sāsanaṁ taṁ khaladamiḷabhayopaddutaṁ cāpi lokaṁ −−−−⏑−−⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−,−⏑−−⏑−−
saggaṁ lokaṁ sapuññappabhavam-uruphalaṁ passituṁ ’vāruroha.
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Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 61.73 −−−⏑⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
Evaṁ gāmakabhojakā viya bhusaṁ tejovihīnā sadā −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
accantaṁ byasanātisattahadayā rājābhimānujjhitā. −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
niccaṁ attaparatthasiddhividhurā saṅgā vihīnāsayā −−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−
sabbe te vihariṁsu bhūmipatayo cārittamaggātigā.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 62.67 ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Saputtadārehi samaggavāsaṁ ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
narādinātho nivasaṁ tahiṁ so −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
tibbena phuṭṭho mahatā gadena −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
rajjena saddhiṁ vijahittha dehaṁ.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 63.53 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Laddhā tato kañcukisūdakāra−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vaggādineke paricārake so −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
nānāguṇārādhitamānasassa ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vasī sakāse pituno sukhena.
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Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 64.64 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Laddhāna rattiyam-athekadinaṁ khaṇaññū −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
so tādisaṁ khaṇam-akhīṇatarorupāyo −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
jānāti no sakapitā gamanaṁ yathā taṁ −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
gehābhinikkhami tathā caturo kumāro.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 65.44 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Vīro yasovaradhano dhitimā kumāro −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vīropakāracaturo varakittisāro −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
senindasaṁcitam-anappadhanaṁ bhaṭānaṁ −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
sabbaṁ visajjayi yathā ruciyā gahetuṁ.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 66.158 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ purācitasamunnatapuññakamma−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
saṁpannasattavihitā nikhilā payogā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
appatva kaṁci pi vibandhakahetum-enti −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
siddhiṁ ti ñatva nipuṇo kusalaṁ kareyya.
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Mālinī (15) Mhv 67.96 ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−−⏑−−⏑−−
Varaguṇagaṇanītānekasāmantacitto ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
suvidhunitasapatto tikkhatejobhipatto ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
sakalabhuvanagabbhavyāpisakkittivitto ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−
samadhivasi puraṁ taṁ sundarānekavutto
Indavajirā (11) Mhv 68.59 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ samiddhiṁ gamitaṁ sakīyaṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
khuddaṁ pi rajjaṁ nijadhīvisesā −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
aññaṁ mahantaṁ pi yathātiseti −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
rajjaṁ, tathākāsi vidhānadakkho.
Upajāti (11) Mhv 69.38 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Itthaṁ vidhiññū kavacāvudhāni ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
balāni sūrāni ca sādhayitvā ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
apīḷayitvā janataṁ sukhena ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
akāsi nānādhanasaṁcayaṁ ca
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Upajāti (11) Mhv 70.336 −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ sudukkhena gahītarajjaṁ −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
saṁghassa rājā vacanaṁ nisamma −−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
datvāna rañño sakaraṭṭham-eva ⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
gato: aho tassa dayāparattaṁ.
Vasantatilakā (14) Mhv 72.329 −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
Evaṁ disā ca vidisā ca vidhāya sabbā −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
pūjāmayā viya sa majjhimalokapālo −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
rājā Parakkamabhujo varacakkavattī −−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
vasse akāsi dutiye dutiyābhisekaṁ.