Voice of Vivekananda
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 65: muhuttampi ce viñgñu paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati |khippaṃ dhammaṃ vijānāti jivhā sūparasaṃ yathā || 65 || 65. Though …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 64: yāvajīvampi ce bālo vaṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati |na so dhammaṃ vijānāti dabbī sūparasaṃ yathā || 64 || 64. Though all …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 63: yo bālo maññati bālyaṃ paṇaḍito vāpi tena so |bālo ca paṇḍitamānī sa ve bālo'ti vuccati || 63 || 63. Conceiving …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 62: puttā matthi dhanammatthi iti bālo vihaññati |attā hi attano natthi kuto puttā kuto dhanaṃ || 62 || 62. “Sons …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 61: carañce nādhigaccheyya seyyaṃ sadisamattano |ekacariyaṃ daḷhaṃ kayirā natthi bāle sahāyatā || 61 || 61. If a …
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The Narayana Sukta is, in a way, the mystical appendix to the Purusha Sukta of the Veda, the only difference between the Purusha Sukta and the Narayana Sukta being the divination of the Deity …