Dhammapada Sutta (Khuddaka Nikaya - Sutta Pitaka) Kinh Pháp Cú The Path of Truth English translation by Bhikkhu Khantipalo & Sister Susanna Sydney, Australia, 1993 Vietnamese translation by Bhikkhu Thích Minh Châu Sài Gòn, Vi®t Nam, 1996 [ML][01][02][03][04][05][06][07][08][09][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] 26- Ph¦m Bà La Môn Brahmanavagga The Brahmana 383. O brahmin, strive and cleave the stream,
desires of sense discard,
knowing conditioned things decay
be Knower-of-the-Uncreated.
383. H·i này Bà lå môn,
Hãy tinh t¤n ðoÕn lòng,
T× bö các døc lÕc,
Biªt ðß(r)c hành ðoÕn di®t,
Ngß½i là b§c vô vi.
384. When by the twofold Dhamma
a Brahmin's gone beyond
all the bonds of One-who-Knows
have wholly disappeared.
384. Nh(c) thß(c)ng trú hai pháp [1]
Ъn ðß(r)c b(c) bên kia.
Bà la môn có trí,
M÷i kiªt sØ dÑt sÕch.
385. For whom is found no near or far,
for whom's no near and far,
free of fear and fetter-free,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
385. Không b(c) này, b(c) kia [2]
Cä hai b(c) không có,
Lìa kh±, không trói buµc
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
386. Seated stainless, concentrated,
who's work is done, who's free of taints,
having attained the highest aim,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
386. Tu thi«n, trú ly tr¥n
Ph§n sñ xong, vô l§u,
ÐÕt ðß(r)c ðích t¯i thß(r)ng,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
387. The sun is bright by day,
the moon enlights the night,
armoured shines the warrior,
contemplative the Brahmin True.
But all day and night-time too
resplendent does the Buddha shine.
387. M£t tr(c)i sáng ban ngày,
M£t trång sáng ban ðêm.
Khí gi¾i sáng ban ðêm.
Khí gi¾i sáng Sát lÜ,
Thi«n ð¸nh sáng PhÕm chí.
Còn hào quang ðÑc Ph§t,
Chói sáng cä ngày ðêm.
388. By barring-out badness a "brahmin" one's called
and one is a monk by conduct serene,
banishing blemishes out of oneself
therefore one's known as "one who has left home".
388.DÑt ác g÷i PhÕm chí,
T¸nh hÕnh g÷i Sa môn,
Tñ mình xu¤t c¤u uª,
Nên g÷i b§c xu¤t gia.
389. One should not a brahmin beat
nor for that should He react.
Shame! Who would a Brahmin beat,
more shame for any should they react.
389. Ch¾ có ð§p PhÕm chí!
PhÕm chí ch¾ ð§p lÕi!
X¤u thay ð§p PhÕm chí
Чp trä lÕi x¤u h½n!
390. For brahmin no small benefit
when mind's aloof from what is dear.
As much he turns away from harm
so much indeed does dukkha die.
390. Яi v¾i Bà la môn,
Ðây [3] không l(r)i ích nhö.
Khi ý không ái luyªn,
Tâm hÕi ðß(r)c ch§n ðÑng,
Chï khi ¤y kh± di®t.
391. In whom there is no wrong-doing
by body, speech or mind,
in these three ways restrained,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
391. V¾i ngß(c)i thân mi®ng ý,
Không làm các ác hÕnh
Ba nghi®p ðß(r)c phòng hµ,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
392. From whom one knows the Dhamma
by Perfect Buddha taught
devoutly one should honour them
as brahmin sacred fire.
392. T× ai, biªt chánh pháp
B§c Chánh Giác thuyªt giäng,
Hãy kính l­ v¸ ¤y,
Nhß PhÕm chí th(c) lØa.
393. By birth one is no brahmin,
by family, austerity.
In whom are truth and Dhamma too
pure is he, a Brahmin's he.
393. Ðß(r)c g÷i Bà la môn,
Không vì ð¥u b®n tóc,
Không chüng tµc, th÷ sanh,
Ai th§t chân, chánh, t¸nh,
M¾i g÷i Bà la môn.
394. Dimwit! What's the coiled hair for?
For what your cloak of skins?
Within you are acquisitive,
you decorate without!
394. Kë ngu, có ích gì
B®n tóc v¾i da dê,
Nµi tâm toàn phi«n não,
Ngoài m£t ðánh bóng suông.
395. One enduring rag-robes, lean,
with body o'erspread by veins,
lone in the woods who meditates,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
395. Ngß(c)i m£c áo ð¯ng rác,
G¥y ¯m, lµ mÕch gân,
еc thân thi«n trong r×ng.
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
396. I call him a brahmin though
by womb-born mother's lineage,
he's just supercilious
if with sense of ownership,
owning nothing and unattached:
that one I call a Brahmin True.
396. Ta không g÷i PhÕm Chí,
Vì ch² sanh, m© sanh.
Chï ðß(r)c g÷i tên suông
Nªu tâm còn phi«n não.
Không phi«n não, ch¤p trß¾c
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
397. Who fetters all has severed
does tremble not at all,
who's gone beyond all bond, unyoked,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
397. ÐoÕn kªt các kiªt sØ,
Không còn gì lo s(r)
Không ð¡m trß¾c buµc ràng
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
398. When cutting strap and reins,
the rope and bridle too,
tipping the shaft, he's Waked,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
398. Bö ðai da [4] bö cß½ng [5]
Bö dây [6], ð° s· thuµc [7]
Bö then ch¯t [8], sáng su¯t,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
399. Who angerless endures abuse,
beating and imprisonment,
with patience's power, an armed might:
that one I call a Brahmin True.
399. Không ác ý, nhçn ch¸u,
Phï báng, ðánh, phÕt hình,
L¤y nhçn làm quân lñc,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
400. Who's angerless and dutiful,
of virtue full and free of lust,
who's tamed, to final body come,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
400. Không h§n, hªt b±n ph§n,
Trì gi¾i, không tham ái,
Nhiªp phøc, thân cu¯i cùng,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
401. Like water on a lotus leaf,
or mustard seed on needle point,
whoso clings not to sensual things,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
401. Nhß nß¾c trên lá sen,
Nhß hµt cäi ð¥u kim,
Ngß(c)i không nhi­m ái døc,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
402. Whoso in this world comes to know
cessation of all sorrow,
laid down the burden, freed from bonds,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
402. Ai tñ trên ð(c)i này,
Giác kh±, di®t tr× kh±,
Bö gánh n£ng, giäi thoát,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
403. Whose knowledge is deep, who's wise,
who's skilled in ways right and wrong,
having attained the highest aim,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
403. Ngß(c)i trí tu® sâu xa,
Khéo biªt ðÕo, phi ðÕo
ChÑng ðÕt ðích vô thß(r)ng,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
404. Aloof alike from laity
and those gone forth to homelessness,
who wanders with no home or wish,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
404. Không liên h® cä hai,
Xu¤t gia và thª tøc,
S¯ng ðµc thân, ít døc,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
405. Who blows to beings has renounced
to trembling ones, to bold,
who causes not to kill nor kills,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
405. Bö trß(r)ng, ð¯i chúng sanh,
Yªu kém hay kiên cß(c)ng,
Không giªt, không bäo giªt,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
406. Among the hostile, friendly,
among the violent, cool
detached amidst the passionate,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
406. Thiên th¥n giæa thù ð¸ch
Ôn hòa giæa hung hång.
Không nhi­m giæa, nhi­m trß¾c,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
407. From whomever lust and hate,
conceit, contempt have dropped away,
as mustard seed from a point of a needle,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
407. Ngß(c)i bö r½i tham sân,
Không mÕn không ganh t¸,
Nhß hµt cäi ð¥u kim,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
408. Who utters speech instructive,
true and gentle too,
who gives offence to none,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
408. Nói lên l(c)i ôn hòa,
L(r)i ích và chân th§t,
Không m¤t lòng mµt ai,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
409. Who in the world will never take
what is not given, long or short,
the great or small, the fair or foul,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
409. — ð(c)i, v§t dài, ng¡n,
Nhö, l¾n, ð©p hay x¤u
Phàm không cho không l¤y,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
410. In whom there are no longings found
in this world or the next,
longingless and free from bonds,
that one I call Brahmin True.
410. Ngß(c)i không có hy c¥u,
Ð(c)i này và ð(c)i sau,
Không hy c¥u, giäi thoát,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
411. In whom there is no dependence found,
with Final Knowledge freed from doubt,
who's plunged into the Deathless depths,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
411. Ngß(c)i không còn tham ái,
Có trí, không nghi ho£c,
Th¬ nh§p vào b¤t tØ,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
412. Here who's gone beyond both bonds,
to goodness and to evil too,
is sorrowless, unsullied, pure,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
412. Ngß(c)i s¯ng · ð(c)i này,
Không nhi­m cä thi®n, ác,
Không s¥u, sÕch không bøi
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
413. Who, like the moon, unblemished, pure,
is clear and limpid, and in whom
delights in being a consumed,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
413. Nhß trång sÕch không uª
Sáng trong và t¸nh l£ng,
Hæu ái ðß(r)c ðoÕn t§n,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
414.Who's passed this difficult path,
delusion's bond, the wandering-on,
who's crossed beyond, contemplative,
uncraving with no questioning doubt,
no clinging's fuel so cool become,
that one I call a Brahmin true.
414. Vß(r)t ðß(c)ng nguy hi­m này,
Nhiªp phøc luân h°i, si,
Ъn b(c) kia thi«n ð¸nh
Không døc ái, không nghi,
Không ch¤p trß¾c, t¸ch t¸nh,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
415. Who has abandoned lusting here
as homeless one renouncing all,
with lust and being quite consumed,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
415. Ai · ð(c)i ðoÕn døc,
Bö nhà, s¯ng xu¤t gia,
Døc hæu ðß(r)c ðoÕn t§n,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
416. Who has abandoned lusting here
as homeless one renouncing all,
with lust and being quite consumed,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
416. Ai · ð(c)i ðoÕn ái
Bö nhà, s¯ng xu¤t gia,
Áí hæu ðß(r)c ðoÕn t§n,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
417. Abandoned all human bonds
and gone beyond the bonds of gods,
unbound one is from every bond,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
417. Bö trói buµc loài ngß(c)i,
Vß(r)t trói buµc cöi tr(c)i.
Giäi thoát m÷i buµc ràng,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
418. Abandoned boredom and delight,
become quite cool and assetless,
a hero, All-worlds-Conqueror,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
418. Bö ði«u ßa, ði«u ghét,
Mát lÕnh, di®t sanh y
B§c anh hùng chiªn th¡ng,
Nhiªp phøc m÷i thª gi¾i,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
419. Who knows how clutching creatures die
to reappear in many a mode,
unclutching then, sublime, Awake,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
419. Ai hi¬u rõ hoàn toàn
Sanh tØ các chúng sanh,
Không nhi­m, khéo vß(r)t qua,
Sáng su¯t chân giác ngµ,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
420. Whose destination is unknown
to humans, spirits or to gods,
pollutions stayed, an Arahant,
that one I call a Brahmin True
420. V¾i ai, loài tr(c)i, ngß(c)i
Cùng v¾i Càn thát bà,
Không biªt ch² th÷ sanh
L§u t§n b§c La hán.
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
421. That one who's free of everything
that's past, that's present, yet to be,
who nothing owns, who's unattached,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
421. Ai quá, hi®n, v¸ lai
Không mµt s· hæu gì,
Không s· hæu không n¡m,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
422. One noble, most excellent, heroic too,
great sage and one who conquers all,
who's faultless, washed, one Awake,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
422. B§c trâu chúa, thù th¡ng
B§c anh hùng, ðÕi sî,
B§c chiªn th¡ng, không nhi­m,
B§c t¦y sÕch, giác ngµ,
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
423. Who so does know of former lives
and sees the states of bliss and woe
and then who's reached the end of births,
a sage supreme with wisdom keen,
complete in all accomplishments,
that one I call a Brahmin True.
423. Ai biªt ðß(r)c ð(c)i trß¾c,
Th¤y thiên gi¾i, ð÷a xÑ,
ÐÕt ðß(r)c sanh di®t t§n
Th¡ng trí, tñ viên thành
B§c mâu ni ðÕo sî.
Viên mãn m÷i thành tñu
Ta g÷i Bà la môn.
Chú thích:
[1] Chï và quán
[2] 6 nµi xÑ, 6 ngoÕi xÑ
[3] sñ trä ðüa, trä thù
[4]H§n.
[5] Ái.
[6] Tà kiªn.
[7] TuÏ miên.
[8] Vô minh.  [ML][01][02][03][04][05][06][07][08][09][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]