Ganthārambhakathā
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
Khuddakanikāye
Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā
(Paṭhamo bhāgo)
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.