Nānāsatthasamuddhaṭaṃ;

Māgadheneva saṅkhepaṃ,

Vanditvā ratanatthayaṃ.

Nītiloke purisassa sāro,

Mātā pitā ācariyoca mitto;

Tasmā hi nītiṃ puriso vijaññā,

Ñāṇī mahā hoti bahussutoca.

Alasassa kuto sippaṃ,

Asippassa kuto dhanaṃ;

Adhanassa kuto mittaṃ,

Amittassa kuto sukhaṃ;

Apuññassa kuto varaṃ.

Sippā samaṃ dhanaṃ natthi,

Sippaṃ corā nagaṇhare;

Idha loke sippaṃ mittaṃ,

Paraloke sukhāvahaṃ.

Appakaṃ nātimaññeyya,

Citte sutaṃ nidhāpaye;

Vammikodakabindūva,

Cirena paripūrati.

Khuddoti nātimaññeyya,

Vijjaṃ vā sippameva vā;

Ekampi pariyodātaṃ,

Jīvitakappakāraṇaṃ.

Sele sele na māṇikaṃ,

Gaje gaje na muttikaṃ;

Vane vane na candanaṃ,

Ṭhāne ṭhāne na paṇḍitaṃ.

Paṇḍito sutasampanno,

Yattha atthīti ce suto;

Gantabbaṃva sutesinā.

Sine sippaṃ sine dhanaṃ,

Sine pabbatamāruhaṃ;

Sine kāmassa kodhassa,

Ime pañca sine sine.

Suti sammuti saṅkhyāca,

Yogā nīti visesakā;

Gandhabbā gaṇikā ceva,

Dhanu bedā ca pūraṇā.

Tikicchā itihāsā ca,

Joti māyā ca chandati;

Ketu mantā ca saddā ca,

Sippāṭṭhārasakā ime.

Apuṭṭho paṇḍito bherī,

Pajjunno me hoti pucchito;

Bālo puṭṭho apuṭṭhopi,

Bahumpi bhaṇate sadā.

Potthakesu ca yaṃ sippaṃ,

Parahatthesu yaṃ dhanaṃ;

Na taṃ sippaṃ na taṃ dhanaṃ.

Jalappamāṇaṃ kumuddanālaṃ,

Kulappamāṇaṃ vinayo pamāṇaṃ;

Byattippamāṇaṃ kathītavākyaṃ,

Pathaviyā pamāṇaṃ tiṇa milātaṃ.

Appassuto sutaṃ appaṃ,

Bahuṃ maññati mānavā;

Sindhūdakaṃ apassanto,

Kūpe toyaṃva maṇḍuko.

Pathamaṃ parājaye sippaṃ,

Dutiyaṃ parājaye dhanaṃ;

Tatiyaṃ parājaye dhammaṃ,

Catutthaṃ kiṃ karissati.

Byatta putra kimalaso,

Abyatto bhārahārako;

Byattako pūjito loke,

Byatta putra dine dine.

Mātā verī pitā satru,

Kena bāle na sikkhitā;

Haṃsamajjhe bakoyathā.

Kaṇṭakaṃ giri ko tikkhati,

Ko añjanaṃ migakkhikaṃ;

Uppathaṃ pallale ko sugandhaṃ,

Kula-putta-rūpo ko pavattati;

Sāmaṃ-bhāvo.

Na rasaṃ akotambulaṃ,

Adhanassa, laṅkatampi;

Alonakantu byañjanaṃ,

Byākaraṇaṃ asippassa.

Sussusā sutasampanno,

Sutāpaññāya pavaḍḍhati;

Paññāya atthaṃ jānāti,

Ñāto attho sukhāvaho.

Bhojanaṃ methunaṃ niddā,

Goṇe posepi vijjati;

Vijjā viseso posassa,

Taṃ hīno gosamo bhave.

Natthi vijjāsamaṃmittaṃ,

Naca byādhisamo ripu;

Naca kammasamaṃ balaṃ.

Haṃso majjhe na kākānaṃ,

Sīho gunnaṃ na sobhate;

Gadrabhamajjhe turaṅgo,

Bālamajjhe ca paṇḍito.

Yāvajīvampi ce bālo,

Paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati;

Na so dhammaṃ vijānāti,

Dabbi sūparasaṃ yathā.

Muhuttamapi ce viññū,

Paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati;

Khippaṃ dhammaṃ vijānāti,

Jivhā sūparasaṃ yathā.

Vinā satthaṃ na gaccheyya,

Sūro saṅgāmabhūmiyaṃ;

Paṇḍitvāddhagū vāṇijo,

Videsagamano tathā.

Dhananāsaṃ manotāpaṃ,

Ghare duccaritāni ca;

Paṇḍito na pakāsaye.

Pattānurūpakaṃ vākyaṃ,

Sabhāvarūpakaṃ piyaṃ;

Attānurūpakaṃ kodhaṃ,

Yo jānāti sa paṇḍito.

A-dhanassa rasaṃ khādā,

A-balassa hathā narā;

A-paññassa vākya-kathā,

Ummattaka-samā ime.

Anavhāyaṃ gamayanto,

A-pucchā bahu-bhāsako;

Atta-guṇaṃ pakāsento,

Ti-vidhaṃ hīna-lakkhaṇaṃ.

Appa-rūpo bahuṃ bhāso,

Appa-pañño pakāsito;

Appa-pūro ghaṭo khobhe,

Appa-khīrā gāvī cathe.

Maṇḍūkepi ukre sīhe,

Kākaggahe piye piye;

Dhīrā pucche vaye vaye.

Maṇḍūkepi ukre sīhe,

Sūkarepi uhe dīpe;

Biḷāre sadise byagghe,

Sabba dhīre sippa-same.

Na titti rājā dhanamhi,

Paṇḍitopi su-bhāsite;

Cakkhuṃpi piya-dassane,

Jale sāgaro na titti.

Rūpa-yobbana-sampannā,

Visātha-kutha-sambhavā;

Vijjā-hīnā na sobhanti,

Nigandhā iva kiṃsukā.

Hīne putto rājāmacco,

Bāla-putto ca paṇḍito;

A-dhanassa dhanaṃ bahu,

Purisānaṃ na maññatha.

Yo sippa-lobhena,

Bahuṃ gaṇhāti taṃ sippaṃ;

Kathetumpi na ussahe.

Bhijjetuṃ kumbhakāro,

Sobhetuṃ kumbha ghaṭṭati;

Na khipituṃ apāyesu,

Sissānaṃ vuḍḍhi-kāraṇā.

Taggarañca palāsena,

Yo naro upanayhati;

Pattāpi surabhi vāyanti,

Evaṃ dhīrūpasevanā.

Paṇḍitakaṇḍo niṭṭhito.