dhammapadaH - 2 ## (Dhaammapada - 3) ## 
2006-09-30 shanivaasaraH ##(2006-09-30 Saturday)##
bhagavataH buddhasya ekasya upadeshasya saMgrahaH dhammapadaH iti abhidhiiyate| tasmin triviMshati-adhika-caturshataM shlokaaH santi| buddhaanuyaayinaH te shlokaaH gaathaaH iti kathyate| bahavaH shlokaaH yugale ##(in pairs)## santi| yathaa
shubhamanupashyantaM viharantaM indriyeShu asaMvRRitam|
bhojane.amaatraaGYaM kusiidaM hiinaviiryaM|
taM vai prasahati maaro vaato vRRixamiva durbalam||1||
##He who, looking at beauty of forms wanders with unrestrained senses, doesn't know the right quantity in eating, is lazy and coward him Mara conquers as the wind a weak tree.||1||##
kusiida - ##lazy, ## prasahati - ##conquers##
ashubhamanupashyantaM viharantaM indriyeShu susaMvRRitam|
bhojane ca maatraaGYaM shraddhaaM aarabdhaviiryam|
taM vai na prasahate maaro vaataH shailamiva parvatam||2||
##He who, discerning the limitations of forms wanders with restrained senses, knows the right quantity in eating, is with faith and hard-working him Mara cannot conquer like wind the wind a stone mountain.##||2||