Verse 106.
106.
Though month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by the thousands, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds that honor is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
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mase mase sahassena yo yajetha satam samam ekam ca bhavitattanam muhuttam api pujaye sa yeva pujana seyyo yam ce vassasatam hutam
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Verse 105.
105.
Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat such a victory.
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n’eva devo na gandhabbo na Maro saha Brahmuna jitam apajitam kayira tatharupassa jantuno
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Verse 104.
104.
Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. A person who is self-subdued is forever restrained in conduct.
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atta have jitam seyyo ya ca’yam itara paja attadantassa posassa niccam saññatacarino
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Verse 103.
103.
Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.
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yo sahassam sahassena sangame manuse jine ekam ca jeyyam’attanam sa ve sangamajuttamo
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Verse 102.
102.
Better than reciting a hundred meaningless verses is the reciting of one verse of Dhamma, hearing which one attains peace.
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yo ce gathasatham bhase anatthapadasamhita ekam dhammapadam seyyo yam sutva upasammati
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Verse 101.
101.
Better than a thousand useless verses is one useful verse, hearing which one attains peace.
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sahassamapi ce gatha anatthapadasamhita ekam gathapadam seyyo yam sutva upasammati
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Verse 100.
100.
Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace.
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sahassamapi ce vaca anatthapadasamhita ekam atthapadam seyyo yam sutva upasammati
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Verse 99.
099.
Inspiring are the forests in which worldlings find no pleasure. There the passionless will rejoice, for they seek no sensual pleasures.
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ramaniyani araññani yattha na ramati jano vitaraga ramissanti na te kamagavesino
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Verse 98.
098.
Inspiring, indeed, is that place where Arahants dwell, be it a village, a forest, a vale, or a hill.
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game va yadi va’raññe ninne va yadi va thale yattharahanto viharanti tam bhumim ramaneyyakam
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Verse 97.
097.
The man who is without blind faith, who knows the Uncreated, who has severed all links, destroyed all causes (for karma, good and evil), and thrown out all desires — he, truly, is the most excellent of men.
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assaddho akataññu ca sandhicchedo ca yo naro hatavakaso vantaso sa ve uttamaporiso
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