{"id":"dhp320-333","title":"23. Elephants","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp320-333","title":"23. Elephants","units":[{"id":"dhp320:0","sourceIds":["dhp320:0.1","dhp320:0.2","dhp320:0.3","dhp320:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nNāgavagga\nAttadantavatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 320–333\n23. Elephants"}},{"id":"dhp320:1","sourceIds":["dhp320:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahaṁ nāgova saṅgāme,","en":"Like an elephant struck"}},{"id":"dhp320:2","sourceIds":["dhp320:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"cāpato patitaṁ saraṁ;","en":"with arrows in battle,"}},{"id":"dhp320:3","sourceIds":["dhp320:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ativākyaṁ titikkhissaṁ,","en":"I shall endure abuse,"}},{"id":"dhp320:4","sourceIds":["dhp320:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"dussīlo hi bahujjano.","en":"for so many folk are badly behaved."}},{"id":"dhp321:1","sourceIds":["dhp321:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dantaṁ nayanti samitiṁ,","en":"The well-tamed beast is the one led to the crowd;"}},{"id":"dhp321:2","sourceIds":["dhp321:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"dantaṁ rājābhirūhati;","en":"the tamed elephant’s the one the king mounts;"}},{"id":"dhp321:3","sourceIds":["dhp321:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Danto seṭṭho manussesu,","en":"the tamed person who endures 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to the untrodden place,"}},{"id":"dhp323:3","sourceIds":["dhp323:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāttanā sudantena,","en":"whereas, with the help of one whose self is well tamed,"}},{"id":"dhp323:4","sourceIds":["dhp323:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"danto dantena gacchati.","en":"you go there, tamed by the tamed."}},{"id":"dhp324:0","sourceIds":["dhp324:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parijiṇṇabrāhmaṇaputtavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp324:1","sourceIds":["dhp324:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhanapālo nāma kuñjaro,","en":"The tusker named Dhanapāla"}},{"id":"dhp324:2","sourceIds":["dhp324:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kaṭukabhedano dunnivārayo;","en":"is musky in rut, hard to control."}},{"id":"dhp324:3","sourceIds":["dhp324:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Baddho kabaḷaṁ na bhuñjati,","en":"Bound, he eats not a morsel,"}},{"id":"dhp324:4","sourceIds":["dhp324:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sumarati nāgavanassa kuñjaro.","en":"for he misses the elephant 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pit,"}},{"id":"dhp327:4","sourceIds":["dhp327:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paṅke sannova kuñjaro.","en":"like an elephant sunk in a bog."}},{"id":"dhp328:0","sourceIds":["dhp328:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp328:1","sourceIds":["dhp328:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,","en":"If you find an alert companion,"}},{"id":"dhp328:2","sourceIds":["dhp328:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;","en":"an attentive friend to live happily together,"}},{"id":"dhp328:3","sourceIds":["dhp328:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni,","en":"then, overcoming all adversities,"}},{"id":"dhp328:4","sourceIds":["dhp328:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Careyya tenattamano satīmā.","en":"wander with them, joyful and mindful."}},{"id":"dhp329:1","sourceIds":["dhp329:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"No ce labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,","en":"If you find no alert 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nāgo.","en":"at ease like a tusker in the wilds."}},{"id":"dhp331:0","sourceIds":["dhp331:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp331:1","sourceIds":["dhp331:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā,","en":"A friend in need is a blessing;"}},{"id":"dhp331:2","sourceIds":["dhp331:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena;","en":"it’s a blessing to be content with whatever;"}},{"id":"dhp331:3","sourceIds":["dhp331:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puññaṁ sukhaṁ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi,","en":"good deeds are a blessing at the end of life,"}},{"id":"dhp331:4","sourceIds":["dhp331:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṁ pahānaṁ.","en":"and giving up all suffering is a blessing."}},{"id":"dhp332:1","sourceIds":["dhp332:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhā matteyyatā loke,","en":"In this world it’s a blessing to serve"}},{"id":"dhp332:2","sourceIds":["dhp332:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"atho petteyyatā sukhā;","en":"one’s 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tevīsatimo."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/dhp320-333/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}