Dhammapada - Chapter 4: Pupphavagga - Flowers

44 Ko imaṃ pathaviṃ vicessati,
Yamalokañca imaṃ sadevakaṃ;
Ko dhammapadaṃ sudesitaṃ,
Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.

45 Sekho pathaviṃ vicessati,
Yamalokañca imaṃ sadevakaṃ;
Sekho dhammapadaṃ sudesitaṃ,
Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.

46 Pheṇūpamaṃ kāyamimaṃ viditvā,
Marīcidhammaṃ abhisambudhāno;
Chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni,
Adassanaṃ maccurājassa gacche.

47 Pupphāni heva pacinantaṃ,
byāsattamanasaṃ naraṃ;
Suttaṃ gāmaṃ mahoghova,
maccu ādāya gacchati.

48 Pupphāni heva pacinantaṃ,
byāsattamanasaṃ naraṃ;
Atittaññeva kāmesu,
antako kurute vasaṃ.

49 Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṃ,
vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṃ;
Paleti rasamādāya,
evaṃ gāme munī care.

50 Na paresaṃ vilomāni,
na paresaṃ katākataṃ;
Attanova avekkheyya,
katāni akatāni ca.

51 Yathāpi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ,
vaṇṇavantaṃ agandhakaṃ;
Evaṃ subhāsitā vācā,
aphalā hoti akubbato.

52 Yathāpi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ,
Vaṇṇavantaṃ sagandhakaṃ;
Evaṃ subhāsitā vācā,
Saphalā hoti kubbato.

53 Yathāpi puppharāsimhā,
kayirā mālāguṇe bahū;
Evaṃ jātena maccena,
kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ.

54 Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti,
Na candanaṃ tagaramallikā vā;
Satañca gandho paṭivātameti,
Sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati.

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55 Candanaṃ tagaraṃ vāpi,
uppalaṃ atha vassikī;
Etesaṃ gandhajātānaṃ,
sīlagandho anuttaro.

56 Appamatto ayaṃ gandho,
yāyaṃ tagaracandanī;
Yo ca sīlavataṃ gandho,
vāti devesu uttamo.

57 Tesaṃ sampannasīlānaṃ,
appamādavihārinaṃ;
Sammadaññāvimuttānaṃ,
māro maggaṃ na vindati.

58 Yathā sankāradhānasmiṃ,
ujjhitasmiṃ mahāpathe;
Padumaṃ tattha jāyetha,
sucigandhaṃ manoramaṃ.

59 Evaṃ sankārabhūtesu,
andhabhūte puthujjane;
Atirocati paññāya,
sammāsambuddhasāvako.

Pupphavaggo catuttho.