100 Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
101 Even though a Gatha (poem) be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of a Gatha is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
102 (8.3) yo ce gāthāsataṃ bhāse anatthapadasaṃhitaṃ ekaṃ dhammapadaṃ seyyā yaṃ sutvā upasammati.
雖多誦經 (22) 不解何益 解一法句 行可得道
102 Though a man recite a hundred Gathas made up of senseless words, one word of the law is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
103 (8.4) yo sahassaṃ sahassena saṅgāme mānuse jine ekañca jeyya attānaṃ sa ve saṅgāmajuttamo.
(23) 千千爲敵 一夫勝之 未若自勝 (24) 爲戰中上
103 If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.
105 (8.6) neva devo na gandhabbo na māro saha brahmunā jitaṃ apajitaṃ kayirā tathārūpassa jantuno.
雖曰尊天 (26) 神魔梵釋 皆莫能勝 自勝之人
105 One’s own self conquered is better than all other people; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahman could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished himself, and always lives under restraint.
106 If a man for a hundred years sacrifice month after month with a thousand, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.
107 (8.8) yo ca vassasataṃ jantu aggiṃ paricare vane ekañca bhāvitattānaṃ muhuttampi pūjaye sā yeva pūjanā seyyā yañce vassasataṃ hutaṃ.
(29) 雖終百歳 奉事火祠 不如須臾 (564c1) 供養三尊 一供養福 勝彼百年
107 If a man for a hundred years worship Agni (fire) in the forest, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.
108 (8.9) yaṃ kiñci yiṭṭhaṃ va hutaṃ va loke saṃvaccharaṃ yajetha puññapekkho sabbampi taṃ na catubhāgameti abhivādanā ujjugatesu seyyā.
(2) 祭神以求福 從後觀其報 (3) 四分未望一 不如禮賢者
108 Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a quarter (a farthing); reverence shown to the righteous is better.
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