Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

Khuddakanikāye

Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā

(Paṭhamo bhāgo)

Ganthārambhakathā

1.

Mahāmohatamonaddhe , loke lokantadassinā;

Yena saddhammapajjoto, jālito jalitiddhinā.

2.

Tassa pāde namassitvā, sambuddhassa sirīmato;

Saddhammañcassa pūjetvā, katvā saṅghassa cañjaliṃ.

3.

Taṃ taṃ kāraṇamāgamma, dhammādhammesu kovido;

Sampattasaddhammapado, satthā dhammapadaṃ subhaṃ.

4.

Desesi karuṇāvega-samussāhitamānaso;

Yaṃ ve devamanussānaṃ, pītipāmojjavaḍḍhanaṃ.

5.

Paramparābhatā tassa, nipuṇā atthavaṇṇanā;

Yā tambapaṇṇidīpamhi, dīpabhāsāya saṇṭhitā.

6.

Na sādhayati sesānaṃ, sattānaṃ hitasampadaṃ;

Appeva nāma sādheyya, sabbalokassa sā hitaṃ.

7.

Iti āsīsamānena, dantena samacārinā;

Kumārakassapenāhaṃ, therena thiracetasā.

8.

Saddhammaṭṭhitikāmena , sakkaccaṃ abhiyācito;

Taṃ bhāsaṃ ativitthāra-gatañca vacanakkamaṃ.

9.

Pahāyāropayitvāna , tantibhāsaṃ manoramaṃ;

Gāthānaṃ byañjanapadaṃ, yaṃ tattha na vibhāvitaṃ.

10.

Kevalaṃ taṃ vibhāvetvā, sesaṃ tameva atthato;

Bhāsantarena bhāsissaṃ, āvahanto vibhāvinaṃ;

Manaso pītipāmojjaṃ, atthadhammūpanissitanti.