Jotidāsa

People who act harshly—*The reading and derivation of veṭhamissena are unclear. Veṭha means “twist, strap, turban”. Missa means “mixed” or “plaited” (Bu Ss 2:2.1.21. Thus it probably refers to a kind of strong twisted material used to tie or bind, i.e. rope.attacking people,binding them with rope,hurting them in all kinds of ways—they’re treated in the same way;their deeds don’t vanish.

“Ye kho te veṭhamissena, *veṭhamissena → veghamissena (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed, pts2ed); vegamissena (mr)nānattena ca kammunā; Manusse uparundhanti, pharusūpakkamā janā; *pharusūpakkamā → pharusupakkamā (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts2ed)Tepi tattheva kīranti, *tattheva → tatheva (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed)na hi kammaṁ panassati.

People who act harshly—*The reading and derivation of veṭhamissena are unclear. Veṭha means “twist, strap, turban”. Missa means “mixed” or “plaited” (Bu Ss 2:2.1.21. Thus it probably refers to a kind of strong twisted material used to tie or bind, i.e. rope.“Ye kho te veṭhamissena, *veṭhamissena → veghamissena (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed, pts2ed); vegamissena (mr)attacking people,nānattena ca kammunā; binding them with rope,Manusse uparundhanti, hurting them in all kinds of ways—pharusūpakkamā janā; *pharusūpakkamā → pharusupakkamā (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts2ed)they’re treated in the same way;Tepi tattheva kīranti, *tattheva → tatheva (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed)their deeds don’t vanish.na hi kammaṁ panassati.

Whatever deeds a person does,whether good or bad,they are the heir to eachand every deed they do.

Yaṁ karoti naro kammaṁ, Kalyāṇaṁ yadi pāpakaṁ; Tassa tasseva dāyādo, Yaṁ yaṁ kammaṁ pakubbatī”ti.

Whatever deeds a person does,Yaṁ karoti naro kammaṁ, whether good or bad,Kalyāṇaṁ yadi pāpakaṁ; they are the heir to eachTassa tasseva dāyādo, and every deed they do.Yaṁ yaṁ kammaṁ pakubbatī”ti.