Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.4.1 Pupphavaggo

Yathāpi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ, vaṇṇavantaṃ agandhakaṃ;
Evaṃ subhāsitā vācā, aphalā hoti akubbato.
Yathāpi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ, vaṇṇavantaṃ sugandhakaṃ.
Evaṃ subhāsitā vācā, saphalā hoti kubbato.
Yathāpi puppharāsimhā, kayirā mālāguṇe bahū;
Evaṃ jātena maccena, kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ.

Dhammapadapāḷi, Khuddakanikāye

 

Vocabulary
  1. kayirā - could be done
  2. kubbato - performed, done
  3. puppharāsimhā - flowers + from a heap
  4. maccena - by the mortal, man
  5. mālāguṇe - cluster of flowers: garlands
  6. ruciraṃ - brilliant, pleasant

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