Paññā-balaṃ bahuttamaṃ;

Kula-putta balaṃ paññā,

Kiṃhināma na sādhyati.

Parokkhatthassa dassakaṃ;

Sabbassa locanaṃ satthaṃ,

Yassa natthyandhameva so.

Kitti-siloka-vaḍḍhanī;

Paññāsahito naro idha,

Api sukhānivindati.

Catusacca-sutā iti;

Catu-buddhesu ekova,

Bahussuto naro bhave.

Ganthacheko suvācako;

Vidhāyakacheko sūro,

Niddukkhova sakammani.

Nakkhatta-rājāriva tārakānaṃ;

Sīlaṃ sirīcāpi satañca dhammo,

Anvāyikā paññāvato bhavanti.

Uggāhako ca paripucchako;

Suṇeyya sakkaccaṃ subhāsitāni,

Evaṃ karo paññavā hoti macco.

Tiṭṭha-vāsena yoniso;

Sākacchā snehasaṃsevā,

Patirūpa-vāsenaca.

Etāni aṭṭhaṭhānāni,

Buddhi-visada-kāraṇā;

Yesaṃ etāni sambhonti,

Tesaṃ buddhi pabhijjati.

Acchimantañca passati;

Andhaṃ kāṇaṃ su-passantaṃ,

Andho sabbaṃ na passati.

A-passantañca passati;

A-passanto a-passantaṃ,

Passantañca na passati.

Rūpaṃ pasāda-cakkhunā;

Nāññaṃ passatti sabbaṃpi,

Tathato ñāṇa-cakkhunā.

Guṇenāpi vivekino;

Vivekaṃ na samāyanti,

A-vivekījanantike.

Na khippamanubujjhati;

A-mittavasamanveti,

Pacchā ca anutappati.

Nipuṇā sādhucintinī;

Diṭṭhadhamma-hitatthāya,

Samparāya-sukhāya vā.

Agga paññābalaṃ balaṃ;

Paññābalenupatthaddho,

Etthaṃ vindati paṇḍitto.

Ariyā kata-kiccataṃ;

Taṃ ñāṇa-ratanaṃ laddhaṃ,

Vāyāmetha jinorasā.

Na ciraṃ vattate bhavo;

Khippaṃ dasseti amataṃ,

Na ca so rocate bhave.

Bālā dummedhino janā;

Appamādañca medhāvī,

Dhanaṃ seṭṭhaṃva rakkhati.

Kālaṃ khiyyati paṇḍito;

Kīḷanena ca dummedho,

Niddāya kalahena vā.

Yadā nūdati paṇḍito;

Paññāpāsāda-māruyha,

A-soko sokiniṃ pajaṃ,

Pabbataṭṭhova bhūmaṭṭhe,

Dhīro bāle avekkhati.

Natthi dhaññasamaṃ dhanaṃ;

Natthi paññāsamā ābhā,

Vuṭṭhi ve paramā sarā.

Yo cattho samparāyiko;

Atthābhisamayā dhīro,

Paṇḍitoti pavuccati.

Yāvatā bahu bhāsati;

Khemī a-verī a-bhayo,

Paṇḍitotti pavuccati.

A-hiṃsā saṃyamo damo;

Sa ve vantamalo dhīro,

Thero iti pavuccatti.

Yo jānāti sapaṇḍito;

Para-guṇaṃ para-dosaṃ,

Yo jānāti sapaṇḍito.

Yo karoti iriyāpathe;

So paṇḍito have bhave,

Ubhayattha-pariggaho.

Jātimā dhanavā have;

So vicāraṇa-sīlo ca,

Niddukkho paṇḍito bhave.

Kammaṃ satte vibhajjati.

Yo passati paccakkhatthaṃ,

Yo ca saṃsāratthaṃ tesu;

Pacchimova pūjanīyo,

Ubhayattha-sudiṭṭhattā.

Santuṭṭho sulabhena ca;

Mattaññū subharo hutvā,

Careyya paṇḍito naro.

Patirūpe nivesaye;

Athaññamanusāseyya,

Na kilisseyya paṇḍito.

Utttamaṃ vācamuttamo;

Bhaṇeyyākhepa-vitthāraṃ,

Sā anagghyā lokattaye.

Paṇḍitova sujāniyā;

Dummedho taṃ na jānāti,

Dhīro dhīraṃ mamāyati.

Paro labhati rūppanaṃ;

Attho vācāya ce hoti,

Taṃ na bhāseyya paṇḍito.

Mukhaṃ hotītti no vade;

Yaṃvā taṃvā mukhāruḷhaṃ,

Vacanaṃ paṇḍito naro.

Dujjāno hi naro mite;

Ce jāne saka-sattiṃca,

Kā kathā para-sattiyā.

Paṭikaroti paṇḍito;

Jānāti so ācikkhati,

Na bālo guṇa-māmako.

Bhavissaṃ neva cintaye;

Vattamānena kālena,

Vicaranti vicakkhaṇā.

Rasesu loṇamicchitaṃ;

Rāja-kiccesu amaccaṃ,

Sabba-ṭhānesu paṇḍitaṃ.

Ye gottapaṭisārino;

Vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno,

So seṭṭho deva-mānuse.

Ājānīyo catuppadaṃ;

Sussusā seṭṭhā bhariyānaṃ,

Yo ca puttānamassavo.

Sappāyo gocaro tathā;

Cattārimāni sikkheyyuṃ,

Sampajaññābhivaḍḍhakā.

Na koci adhigacchati;

Bahussutaṃ anāgamma,

Dhammaṭṭhaṃ a-vinibbhajaṃ.

Yasmā vijjati pāḷiyaṃ;

Tasmā upaṭṭhahaṃ gaṇhe,

Garuṃ garumataṃ vidū.