Dhammpada- Sahassa Wagga

   

SAHASSA WAGGA

( THOUSANDS )

    1.                                             .Sahassam api ce vaca

                                                                    anattha pada samhita

                                                     Ekam gatha padam seyyo 

                                                                    Yam sutva upasammati

1.

ONE USEFUL SENTENCE IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND USELESS WORDS 

  Meaning - Better than a Thousand utterances , comprising useless words, is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.

    2.                                             .Sahassam api ce gatha

                                                                    anattha pada samhita

                                                     Ekam gatha padam seyyo 

                                                                    Yam sutva upasammati

2.

ONE USEFUL VERSE  IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND USELESS VERSES

  Meaning - Better than a Thousand verses , comprising useless words, is one single line , by hearing which one is pacified.

    3.                                             .Yo sahassam sahassena 

                                                                    sangame manuse jine 

                                                     Ekan ca jeyya m " attanam  

                                                                    sa ve sangama juttamo


   4.                                                  Yo ca gatha satam bhase
                                        
                                                                   anattha pada samhita 

                                                      Ekam gatha padam seyyo 

                                                                    yam sutva upa sammati 

3.

 BETTER THAN A HUNDRED USELESS IS ONE WORD OF DHAMMA
SELF CONQUEST IS THE BEST OF ALL CONQUESTS  

  Meaning - Should one recite an hundred verses , comprising useless words , better is one single word of the Dhamma , by hearing which one is pacified.

4.

 Meaning -though one should conquer a million men in battle field , yet he , indeed , is the noblest victor who has conquered himself.

   5.                                                  Atta have jitam Seyyo
                                        
                                                                   ya ca yam itara paja

                                                       Atta dantassa posassa

                                                                  niccam sanna ta carino  

   6. .                                              N" va devo na gandhabbo
                                                        
                                                                   Na Maro saha brahmuna 

                                                      Jitam apa jitam kayira

                                                                  tatha rupassa jantuno

                                                                           5, 6 

BE RATHER A VICTOR OF YOUR SELF , THAN AVICTOR OF OTHERS ,
NONE CAN TURN INTO A DEFEAT A SELF VICTORY    

  Meaning -Self conquest is far greater than the conquest of all other folk ; neither a god nor
                     a gandhabba , nor Mara with Brahma , can win back the victory of such a person 
                     who is self - subdued and ever lives in restraint.